virtualenv is a tool that builds virtual environments for Python. It was first created in September 2007 and just went through a rewrite from scratch. Did you ever want to know what parts virtual environments can be broken down into? Or how they work? And how does virtualenv differ from the Python builtin venv? This is the webinar you want. Wednesday, October 7 17h (CET) / 11 AM (EDT) Register here Intermediate audience - for those who want to get a better understanding of the virtual environments in Python Speaking To You Bernat Gabor has been using Python since 2011 and has been a busy pa

The Early Access Program for our next major release, PyCharm 2020.3, is now open! If you are always looking forward to the next 'big thing' we encourage you to join the program and share your thoughts on the latest PyCharm improvements! If you are not familiar to our EAP programs, here are some ground rules: EAP builds are free to use and expire 30 days after the build date You can install an EAP build side-by-side with your stable PyCharm version These builds are not fully tested and can be unstable Your feedback is always welcome, use our issue tracker and make sure to mention y

PyCharm 2020.2.2 is out now with important fixes to improve your usability and productivity. Update from within PyCharm (Help | Check for Updates), using the JetBrains Toolbox, or by downloading the new version from our website. Fixes in this build: We fixed an old pain-point in our inspections where a false positive “unexpected arguments” was thrown while using Flask-SQLAlchemy. We fixed an issue with Windows Defender that used to raise a message “Windows Defender might impact performance” even when the directories were already listed in the Windows Defender exclusions list. If you work with

This guest blog post is brought to you by Snyk. Snyk offers a developer-first solution for open source security and presents now its new PyCharm plugin to help Python developers easily test their open source dependencies for security issues. We’re happy to inform PyCharm users that a new Snyk plugin is now available, allowing Python developers to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their open source dependencies from within their favorite IDE! “Shift left” is an important component of any DevSecOps motion but does not guarantee its success. The only way to ensure developers can successfu

PyCharm is a comprehensive IDE that also comes with comprehensive help. What’s available and what is it like working on the help? PyCharm’s Alla Redko joins us to discuss how the help gets made. As a bonus, we show 3 help topics — one for beginners, intermediate, and advanced — then demonstrate all the ways to that feature in PyCharm. Thursday, September 17 6:00PM, CEST Aimed at beginner to intermediate Python/PyCharm developers Register here Also, we’re putting thought into “onboarding”: how to get new users productive, quickly. We’d love to hear your thoughts on this. In particular, what

Welcome to Early Access PyCharm, a brand-new podcast that goes behind the scenes of how the PyCharm IDE is made and all the thinking that goes into it. In the upcoming episodes, you will hear from the people who work daily to make you more productive and your code even better. Episode 2 In this episode, we talk to Max, a proud member of the DataGrip team. Why DataGrip you might ask? Well, it turns out that PyCharm's database features all come from the DataGrip. We talk to Max about the new MongoDB support as well as plans for future Database support. This is one episode you don't want to miss!

PyCharm 2020.2.1 is out with fixes for small issues, including usability problems introduced by version 2020.2. Update from within PyCharm (Help | Check for Updates), using the JetBrains Toolbox, or by downloading the new version from our website. In this version of PyCharm: Debugger binaries for Python 3.9 Ability to debug python script on WSL 2 Better performance experience for plotting matplotlib Collapsed the "External Libraries" tree in new projects JetBrains Runtime is rebased on top of OpenJDK 11.0.8 Better typing speed experience after switching to OpenJDK 11.0.8 Besides, the followin

Django is one of the most popular Python Web Frameworks. However, optimizing django performance can often be difficult. Most performance problems boil down to one thing: the database. According to our guest speaker, Andrew Brookins, the only way to master Django performance is to master database performance. In this Webinar, Andrew is going to take us on a journey through an app that he created to demonstrate all the bottlenecks that arise when trying to optimize your Django app. Monday, August 10 7:00PM CEST – 1:00PM Eastern Daylight Time Register here Outline Querying Tackling the N+1 P

Enjoy pytest and curious about fixtures? Last week we hosted Oliver Bestwalter for a webinar on how to use pytest fixtures to simplify your test code. The recording is now available. Contents Lots got covered which also meant we went a little over on time. That's ok, as the topics were worth it: 07:03 - Examples and explanation in a notebook 12:40 - First fixture example in code 13:55 - Discuss mechanics using tmppath fixture 20:30 - Use fixtures to manipulate paths in settings 23:50 - Use pytest argument to show fixtures in use 26:50 - Use PyCharm to move around fixtures 29:32 - Custom fixt

Complete the full Pull Request workflow, quickly catch exceptions, and apply project-wide refactorings. All without leaving your IDE. Download the new version now, or upgrade from within PyCharm. New in PyCharm New pull request dedicated view: You no longer need to switch between the browser and your IDE to manage your GitHub Pull Request workflow. Do it all in PyCharm! Smart in-editor exceptions preview: Don’t spend time browsing your code after exceptions. PyCharm now automatically finds it for you and displays a preview of the problem directly in your editor. In-place signature-chan

It has been a long time since our previous update. This release of the R plugin comes with enhancements and stability improvements as well as with the new features for remote work. Also, in this release, we discontinue supporting R 3.3. R plugin introduces the new type of the R interpreters, so that you can execute your R scripts remotely. Consider a task when you write your R code on one machine and need to execute it on another. Press Ctrl+Alt+S (Windows and Linux) or Cmd + , (on macOS) and go to the Settings/Preferences | Project | R Settings. Click and select Add remote. Select a remo

Welcome to Early Access PyCharm, a brand-new podcast that goes behind the scenes of how the PyCharm IDE is made and all the thinking that goes into it. In the upcoming episodes, you will hear from the people who work daily to make you more productive and your code even better. In the first episode your host, Nafiul Islam, developer advocate for PyCharm, interviews Aleksei Kniazev, a veteran PyCharm developer that works with code insight, and web frameworks like Django and Flask. Where to find Early Access PyCharm is available in all the main Podcast platforms, make sure to subscribe! Anchor