PyCharm 2020.1.3 is out with some important bug fixes. Update from within PyCharm (Help | Check for Updates), using the JetBrains Toolbox, or by downloading the new version from our website. Highlights: An issue that caused the UI to freeze when processing references in python scratch files was fixed A bug that prevented CoffeeScript to automatically insert imports was fixed  The issue with the keyboard on Ubuntu 20.04, Gnome 3.36 with IBus enabled was fixed Font rendering problem on macOS Mojave was resolved Memory leak in Common Item Dialog patch was eliminated The commi

PyCharm EAP #3 is out and it’s almost releasing time!! If you are like us you are also looking forward to the end of the month! We have been talking about new features for the last month and today we will take a deeper look into two very exciting ones. For the full list, check our release notes. Version Control As we mentioned before, PyCharm 2020.2 will come with full support for GitHub Pull Requests! What does it mean? It means that you’ll be able to accomplish pretty much all the needed tasks within the entire pull request workflow without leaving your IDE! Assign, manage, and merge pu

PyCharm 2020.2 EAP2 was released today with a feature that will blow your mind! You can download this EAP build from our website or from the Toolbox App. If you see yourself going through a cumbersome modal dialog when renaming or changing signatures of methods and classes you will like this new feature. With in-place refactoring, you can simply edit names or parameters of a class or a method and then either click the new gutter icon or use the intention action (alt+enter) to preview the changes and apply it to all its usages. Whenever you add or change a parameter in your method sig

If you are like many Python developers out there you LOVE writing code! Tests? Not so much. Whether it’s the concept of testing or the interface of testing tools, testing is a chasm not all developers cross. The Visual Testing with pytest tutorial aims to bring Python testing to the masses, taking a new approach to first contact with Python testing. Join this journey with us and improve your testing skills in this 9-step tutorial! The tutorial As mentioned before, this tutorial was split into 9 steps. The idea is to make each step unique so you can watch and apply your learning as you go.

Our countdown for the 2020 Python Web Conference has started, come meet our team! PyCharm by JetBrains is sponsoring the event and, besides that, we also have our very own Paul Everitt giving a tutorial PyCharm Power Tips: How to become a PyCharm Power User on June, 17th. If you are joining the conference and want to learn some skills that will make you more productive while using PyCharm then make sure to join Paul's tutorial! It will have a hands-on format showing bite-sized tips to speed up your work while staying in your coding flow. You can count on learning general IDE tips &am

The Early Access Program for our next major release, PyCharm 2020.2, is now open! If you are the kind of person who is always looking forward to the next 'big thing', we encourage you to join and share your thoughts on the latest PyCharm improvements! Our upcoming release is loaded with cool features! If you are not familiar to our EAP programs, here are some ground rules: We roll out a new build every 2 weeks until the end of July 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 I

Want to be a badass at Python coding with PyCharm? Keep reading! Over the last few years we have been collecting productivity tips, tutorials, and a lot more into a central, video-oriented resource, and now we are ready to introduce you to our brand new PyCharm Guide! The PyCharm Guide currently houses tips, tutorials, and playlists organized by technology and topic. Many of the tips have an in-depth section with a narrated video. We currently have one tutorial and many more on the way with tutorial steps showing full videos and writeups with working code. The Guide is made for th

I've long been a big fan of pydantic by the prolific Samuel Colvin. In 2018, the package added support for dataclasses by providing its own decorator which "creates (almost) vanilla python dataclasses with input data parsing and validation." Alas, the "almost" was a sticking point. In particular, PyCharm's code insight only treated the built-in decorator as something providing dataclass support. A PyCharm plugin was needed, first to make PyCharm treat pydantic dataclasses like regular ones, then to fill in coding assistance for the other aspects. Enter Koudai Aono. Despite never having d

Last week we hosted Calvin Hendryx-Parker from Six Feet Up for a webinar covering real-time Django 3: Django Rest Framework, Django Channels, ASGI, web sockets, a little Docker, and more. The recording is now available: https://youtu.be/w6TVyxNpJ80 Contents This really was a fantastic webinar. In roughly an hour, Calvin walked a path through quite a number of modern Django features, with a real application, and using PyCharm to stay productive. Very practical and informative. 05:52 - Overview of what will be covered 11:23 - Get the branch 12:40 - Demo the working application 15:

Rebase your branch with ease, debug smarter, and use a font designed for programming. Download the new version now, or upgrade from within your IDE. New in PyCharm Interactive Rebasing: Commits can get messy, which is why you need to be able to rebase your branch. Now, PyCharm allows you to do so visually and with unprecedented ease. Smarter Debugging: PyCharm’s debugger now makes it easy to see what’s happening in the middle of a complex statement. When stepping in, the debugger will ask you exactly what part of the statement you want to investigate further. JetBrains Mono: P

Django 3 has been making the rounds, so time for a webinar showing how to use the new features within PyCharm Professional. Calvin Hendryx-Parker from Six Feet Up, previous webinar presenter, is returning to give us the highlights. Wednesday, April 22 12:00 - 13:00 PM EDT Register Now Aimed at developers with basic Django and PyCharm experience Outline Django 3 brings new features and possibilities. Calvin Hendryx-Parker, previous webinar guest, gives us a tour from a PyCharm perspective: Introduction of new features in Django 3 How to use those new features in your a

We've passed the final approach fix, and we're now established on the glideslope for the PyCharm 2020.1 release. This week's build brings a couple of bug fixes as we hope to take the release in for a smooth landing. Let us know how we're doing by getting this version, if you run into any issues please leave us a ticket on YouTrack. Improvements in this version Creating a scientific project (pro only) would fail as a tool window was giving us trouble. This has been resolved. Developing with pleasure means that keyboard navigation of forms should work as expected, we had an issue in the n