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tl;dr Fresh new tutorial techniques and testimonials solicited PyCon US 2017 is around the corner if you stretch your neck and have good eyesight. More specifically, the deadline for tutorial proposals is right on our doorstep. We’ve been hatching a good idea for a tutorial, putting a lot of work in…
In January we recorded a series of screencasts that introduced the major features of PyCharm -- an overview, installation, editing, running, debugging, etc. In April we did our first “in-depth” screencast, focusing on testing. We’re happy to announce the next in-depth screencasts, and note the pl…
Next Tuesday at EuroPython 2016 in Bilbao, I'm giving a tutorial Productive Coding with PyCharm. I'm not going to resort to begging you to come to it...oh who am I kidding, PICK ME PICK ME! For my PyCon tutorials over the years, I settled on an approach which is hands-on, broken into sections contai…
The recording of our July 6th webinar, 10 Tips for Pythonic Code with Michael Kennedy, is now available on the JetBrains YouTube Channel. Michael’s code used in the recording along with the script for each step in the webinar can be found on GitHub and the webinar slides on SlideShare. …
If you’re a Python developer interested in the next step towards Pythonic code, with PyCharm as a productivity boost, then our next webinar is a must-attend. Michael Kennedy, well-known Python podcaster, speaker, writer, and trainer, is our guest for a PyCharm webinar on "10 Tips for Pythonic Code".…
PyCharm’s visual debugger is one its most powerful and useful features. The debugger got a big speedup in the recent PyCharm, and has an interesting backstory: JetBrains collaborated with PyDev, the popular Python plugin for Eclipse, and funded the work around performance improvements for the common…
If you’re a Python developer who uses a text editor such as Vim, Emacs, or Sublime Text, you might wonder what it takes to switch to PyCharm as an IDE for your development. We’ve written a helpful Migrating from Text Editors tutorial for just this topic. The tutorial starts with the basic questio…
Earlier this year we rolled out a Getting Started Series of screencast videos on the basics of using PyCharm: setup, the UI, running Python code, debugging, etc. We knew at the time that some topics would need more treatment than a quick screencast, so we planned a follow-on series of “in-depth” scr…
The first EAP for PyCharm 5.1 was released last week, with lots of enticing features. Here’s one that jumps out for long-time users: “Debugger performance improvements”. Let’s take a look at this in a little more depth, then provide some of the back story. Imagine we’re debugging a semi-large cod…
Please note: this blog post was written in 2015, and parts of it have become outdated. If you're using Docker Compose, please read our newer blog post on using Docker Compose. Modern development workflows emphasize isolation and reproducability in development and production. Docker and its pl…
Python 3.5 introduces type hinting to help code-writing during development. Let’s take a look at this feature and show it in action. Motivation Some folks, but not all, like help from their tools when writing code and documentation. For example, lint-like tools can spot errors before your code e…
