PyCharm is a cross-platform IDE that is primarily targeted for Python and web development. An open source version is available as PyCharm Community Edition, and a proprietary version as PyCharm Professional Edition.
Like other IDE editors, PyCharm supports basic features like bookmarks, breakpoints, syntax highlighting, code completion, zooming, folding code blocks, etc. It also offers many advanced features like macros, highlighted TODO items, code analysis, intention actions, intelligent and fast navigation, and a lot more.
PyCharm Community Edition, the open source version of PyCharm, was released in 2013.
Key Features
- Intelligent Code Editor – support for Python, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, CSS, popular template languages and more.
- Smart code completion – quickly complete different kinds of statements in the code. PyCharm keeps an eye on what you are currently doing and makes smart suggestions, called intention actions.
- Code inspections.
- On-the-fly error highlighting and quick-fixes.
- Automated code refactorings – refactor your code the intelligent way, with safe Rename and Delete, Extract Method, Introduce Variable, Inline Variable or Method, and other refactorings. Language and framework-specific refactorings help you perform project-wide changes.
- Rich navigation capabilities – use smart search to jump to any class, file or symbol, or even any IDE action or tool window.
- Work with several projects in one window.
- Large range of plugins available including support for Markdown, the Bash language, and the R language.
- Built-in support for Django.
- Integrates with IPython Notebook, has an interactive Python console, and supports Anaconda as well as multiple scientific packages including Matplotlib and NumPy (professional edition only)
- Support for various Python web development frameworks, specific template languages, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, AngularJS, Node.js, and more (professional edition only).
- Python profiler – (professional edition only).
- Remote development capabilities – (professional edition only).
- Database & SQL support – (professional edition only).
Website: www.jetbrains.com/pycharm
Support: Documentation
Developer: JetBrains
License: Apache License (for Community edition). Commercial license applies to the Professional Edition
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