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Hands-On Application Development with PyCharm - Second Edition

By : Bruce M. Van Horn II, Quan Nguyen
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Book Image

Hands-On Application Development with PyCharm - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Bruce M. Van Horn II, Quan Nguyen

Overview of this book

In the quest to develop robust, professional-grade software with Python and meet tight deadlines, it’s crucial to have the best tools at your disposal. In this second edition of Hands-on Application Development with PyCharm, you’ll learn tips and tricks to work at a speed and proficiency previously reserved only for elite developers. To achieve that, you’ll be introduced to PyCharm, the premiere professional integrated development environment for Python programmers among the myriad of IDEs available. Regardless of how Python is utilized, whether for general automation scripting, utility creation, web applications, data analytics, machine learning, or business applications, PyCharm offers tooling that simplifies complex tasks and streamlines common ones. In this book, you'll find everything you need to harness PyCharm's full potential and make the most of Pycharm's productivity shortcuts. The book comprehensively covers topics ranging from installation and customization to web development, database management, and data analysis pipeline development helping you become proficient in Python application development in diverse domains. By the end of this book, you’ll have discovered the remarkable capabilities of PyCharm and how you can achieve a new level of capability and productivity.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: The Basics of PyCharm
4
Part 2: Improving Your Productivity
9
Part 3: Web Development in PyCharm
15
Part 4: Data Science with PyCharm
19
Part 5: Plugins and Conclusion

Summary

This chapter was all about the preliminaries. We installed and configured your new instance of PyCharm on your computer. There are several ways you can install PyCharm. You can go the traditional route of just downloading the installer. My preferred way is to install the JetBrains Toolbox app and use that to install and manage PyCharm, along with any other JetBrains tools I might need or want. Using the Toolbox app allows us an easy way to update PyCharm or even perform a clean uninstall should the need arise.

We learned the differences between the three versions of PyCharm. The free Community edition is limited in the types of projects PyCharm supports with integrated tooling. When we created a new project, we were not afforded any project template options. Only “pure Python” projects are supported. This doesn’t mean we can’t create any kind of project; it simply means that the tedious part of setting up different kinds of projects isn’...