Paul Everitt

JetBrains Blog

I recently attended DjangoConf 2024 which kicked off this year’s DSF-PyCharm fundraiser. I attended Felipe’s DRF tutorial where he showed off using PyCharm and even a little bit about endpoints.

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Run npm Scripts from package.json

Browse your package.json scripts and run in a dedicated tool window.

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Make Your Work Environment Distraction Free

Need to focus on just your code? You can switch to the distraction-free or zen mode.

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Search in Selection Only

Limit the search to the selected part of code.

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Create Arrow Functions in One Click

WebStorm can help you add arrow functions to your code.

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Show CSS Color Preview

How to display a CSS color in the background in WebStorm.

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Clean Up Messy Imports With Optimize Imports

Quickly remove any unused imports and more.

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Add console.log Faster

Use Postfix Completion to quickly add console.log.

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See Return Values in Variables View

See what value a method returns.

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Add Placeholder Text in Seconds

Use the power of Emmet to add some lorem ipsum faster.

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Using Code Snippets

How to use the built-in code snippets in JetBrains IDEs.

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Comment Out Code

Quickly comment/uncomment blocks and lines.

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Enabling Soft Wraps

Wrap lines to eliminate the need of scrolling horizontally in order to see overly long lines.

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Quickly Sort Lines

Sort lines of code in your editor alphabetically.

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Edit Text in Multiple Places at Once

How to use multiple cursors to code faster in JetBrains IDEs.

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Full Line Code Completion in JetBrains IDEs

How does it work, what languages are supported, and how can you get started?

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Better 11ty Development with Tooling

Getting a component-driven development experience that fits nicely into the 11ty zen.

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DOM Testing with Happy DOM and Testing Library

Better-faster testing of rendered pages using a DOM library and accessibility-oriented assertions.

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Components With Props

Faster, smoother development and reusability with components and props.

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Get 11ty 3.0 and ESM

Smallest step into an 11ty setup.

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Layouts

Shared wrapper templates using TSX and components.

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Switch to TypeScript

Develop 11ty sites with assistance from TypeScript typing.

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Templating in TSX

Use TSX (JSX in TypeScript) to generate HTML.

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Testing with Vitest

Develop with calm and joy through component testing.

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11ty Views

Interfacing the 11ty system and components.

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Debug Like a Pro: JavaScript Edition

Reach for the debugger first when learning about code, poking around, or fixing problems.

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Productive pytest with PyCharm

Testing is a major part of Python development and pytest has become the leading testing framework.

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It's Not Just Node.js Anymore

James M Snell

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How to Get Involved in Open Source: A Quickstart Guide

Tracy Lee

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Angular 13

Aaron Frost

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Documenting the Web Platform

Florian Scholz

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Hands-Free Coding With Gaze Control in JavaScript

Charlie Gerard

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htmx: Writing JavaScript to Avoid Writing JavaScript

Carson Gross

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Documentation Playgrounds With Module Imports Support

Andrey Grandilevskiy

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Monorepos: Any Size Fits All

Altan Stalker

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Scaling Team Delivery Using Standardization

Debbie O’Brien

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TC39 Demystified

Ujjwal Sharma

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Blitz.js: The Next.js Toolkit for Rapid Iteration

Aleksandra Sikora

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Design Decisions for the Components Library

Alexey Shestakov

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What’s New in Angular v15

Minko Gechev

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I Would Never Use an ORM

Matteo Collina

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The World Beyond Components

Ryan Carniato

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Nuxt 3 – More Than Vue 3 on Steroids

Alexander Lichter

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Behind the Scenes: Discussing One of the Most Interesting TypeScript 4.9 Features

Andrey Starovoyt

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Records & Tuples Are Coming: The Next Exciting JavaScript Feature

Nicolò Ribaudo

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Remote Development

Learn the ins and outs of remote development: virtualization, containers, dev containers, and cloud.

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Resolve Conflicts

Resolve merge conflicts automatically and manually inside your JetBrains IDE.

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Move Work Aside with Stash

Use Git's stash to move uncommitted work to one side, temporarily.

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Move Work Aside with Shelve

Move uncommitted work to one side to come back to it later when you need to work on another branch.

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Rebase Feature Branch

Add the changes from your main branch into your feature branch so you're caught up with changes on the main branch.

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Compare With Branch

See the changes in another branch's commits and compare them with your branch.

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See Unsynced Commits

Take a look at commits on other branches.

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Browse Branch's Commits

Review the changes in main before bringing them to your branch.

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See VCS Changed Lines in Gutter

Quickly spot which parts of your file have changed since the last commit.

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Only Commit Some Changes

Select specific files or regions within files during the commit process for a lower level of commit granularity.

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Fix Your Work with Amend Commit

Put some missing work back into your last commit, before you push.

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JavaScript Day 2022

JetBrains JavaScript Day 2022 is a free virtual event that took place on November 10, 2022.

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Use Local History to Avoid Disaster

Use the IDE's built-in history facility to recover local changes when you haven't committed to VCS.

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Undo your Last Commit

Undo your last Git commit

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Edit Commit Message

Edit the wording in your last commit message, after you committed.

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Django-in-PyCharm Tips, Reloaded

Two and a half years ago we did a “Django tips in PyCharm” webinar; this refresher swaps out some tips, but also shows lots of new goodness in the IDE.

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JavaScript Day 2021

JetBrains JavaScript Day 2021 is a free virtual event that took place on October 14, 2021.

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React, TypeScript, and TDD

How to write React applications in TypeScript using TDD, highlighting features of the IDE

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Class Components With Props

Make a simple class component with a single prop, again with a TypeScript interface describing the props.

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Debugging TSX With Chrome

Sometimes you need to debug in the browser. Use the IDE to remote control Chrome during debugging.

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Class Components With State

Make a very simple class component with local counter state, then make a type definition for that state.

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Debugging During Testing With Node.js

Use the visual debugger in the IDE for smarter TDD.

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Presentation and Container Components

Follow the React pattern of container/presentation components by refactoring the code and tests.

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Project Cleanup

Clean out some unneeded code from the default app, tweak some configuration in the IDE, and tour a few more features.

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Project Setup

Create a React+TypeScript project with the create-react-app scaffolding tool.

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Rich Events and Testing

Add event handling to a stateful class component by first writing tests during development.

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Testing

Test-first development with Jest in the IDE.

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TSX and ES6

Using React and TypeScript means good JSX and ES6+ support in the IDE. This section shows some useful features from both.

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Static Sites With Sphinx and Markdown

Sphinx is great for docs. But it's also great for information-rich websites. With MyST, you can use Markdown with Sphinx.

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Advanced Usage

MyST has a lot more to offer than just Markdown-in-Sphinx.

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Simple Markdown in Sphinx

Markdown is a simple formatting language. Let's see it in use in Sphinx.

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Customizing Your Site

Adjust Sphinx knobs using the configuration file.

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Making a New Site Design

Let's change the look on the website with custom templates.

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Documenting Code

Pages which include source code, either directly or linking to modules.

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Linking

Sphinx turns links into structure, which turns out to be very valuable.

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Linking Between Sites with Intersphinx

Rich structure and linking, between sites.

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More Authoring

Simple Markdown stuff is cool. The cool Markdown stuff is double cool.

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Sphinx Setup

Make a project and virtual environment with dependencies, then make a simple Sphinx website.

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Adding a Blog

Let's change the look on the website with new templates.

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Web Fundamentals in Rider

Learn how Rider helps you with web applications to build full-stack apps with ease.

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Navigation in web applications

How can you find what you want? Let's look at navigating around a code base.

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Debugging code

What's your code doing? Step through code with the debugger, and find out.

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Coding Assistance

Find out how Rider helps you write better code, faster.

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Refactoring

See how the IDE helps you safely refactor code, without breaking existing code.

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Testing code

Get started with testing. We will use Jest as an example.

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Running code

How to run your code and see the results? Let's explore.

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Create SQLite Connection

Learn how to drag-and-drop a .sqlite database file onto the Database tool to create a connection.

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Go

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Go

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JavaScript and TypeScript

Explore a collection of learning resources to increase your productivity and start making amazing apps faster.

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Python

Well-organized collection of learning resources for Python.

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Paul Everitt

Python and Web Developer Advocate at JetBrains

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Build

Work effectively with build tools.

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Angular

Web framework for building mobile and desktop applications

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Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a secure cloud services platform

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Completion

Everything there is to know about Code Completion.

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Coverage

Ensure that your code has good tests

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CSS

Mechanism for adding style to web pages

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Customizing the IDE

Extend the built-in functionality and change the look and feel

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Data Access

Working with data storage mechanisms

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Databases

Working with relational databases.

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Django

The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines

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Debugging

Investigate errors and trace code execution with our visual debugger.

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create-react-app

Create React apps with no build configuration

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Emmet

Shorthand system for HTML and CSS generation

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dotCover

The .NET Unit Test Runner and Code Coverage Tool.

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dotMemory

The .NET Memory Profiler.

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Editing

Learning resources when writing code in the IDE's editor.

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dotTrace

.NET Performance Profiler.

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FastAPI

modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs

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GameDev

A smarter way to write code for games.

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Google Cloud

Google Cloud Platform (GCP), offered by Google, is a suite of cloud computing services

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Generics

Learn about generics in Go.

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Getting Started

If you're new to our IDEs or a technology, start here.

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Gradle

Gradle is an open-source build automation tool focused on flexibility and performance.

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Go

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.

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Git

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

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IDE

Become more productive with general IDE tips and features.

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Groovy

Groovy is a powerful, optionally typed and dynamic language for the JVM.

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HTML

Standard markup language for creating web pages

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Java

Java is a general-purpose programming language intended to let application developers write once and run anywhere.

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Interface

Tips and tricks for modifying the IDE interface.

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Jest

JavaScript testing framework with a focus on simplicity

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JSON

An open standard format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects.

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JUnit

The JUnit Platform serves as a foundation for launching testing frameworks on the JVM.

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Kotlin

A modern programming language that makes developers happier.

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Kubernetes

Automated deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications

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Latest

See features that are new in the latest IDE releases.

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Live Templates

Write common code quickly with just a few keystrokes.

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Maven

A tool that can be used for building and managing any Java-based project.

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Navigation

Productive ways to move around in your project.

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MongoDB

Learn about the MongoDB document database.

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Markup

Languages such as markdown and asciidoc

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Package Search

Search, evaluate, and manage dependencies in IDE easily.

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Plugins

See tips and suggestions for working with IDE plugins

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Platform

A group of technologies or features shared among more than a single specific language

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Inspections

Analyzing source code for common mistakes and potential improvements.

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Node.js

JavaScript outside the browser, on the command-line or server-side

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Postgres

Working with the popular open source database.

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Profiling

Analyze application performance and memory usage.

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Quick-fixes

Learn how code can be updated automatically

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pytest

Mature full-featured Python testing tool that helps you write better programs

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Python

Work productively when coding Python.

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React

A JavaScript library for building user interfaces

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Refactoring

Keep your code solid, dry, and easy to maintain.

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RiderFlow

Scenery tool to build and manage your 3D space.

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Rider

Fast & powerful, cross platform .NET IDE.

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ReSharper

The Visual Studio Extension for .NET Developers.

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Settings

Different configurations for your projects.

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Sphinx

Python static site generator for documentation and more

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Running

Run your code in our configurable, visual run tool.

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Security

Securing your applications and code

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Testing

Make sure code behaves as expected.

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Spring

The Spring Framework provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications - on any kind of deployment platform.

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Tricks

Little IDE tricks that you might not know about.

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Apache Tomcat

Apache Tomcat® is a web server and servlet container for Java web applications.

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User Interface

Everything about the user interface.

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Version Control

Integrated, visual version control across your project.

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Web Development

Working with technologies in the web platform such as HTML, CSS, images, and JavaScript.

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TypeScript

JavaScript for any scale

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42 Tips and Tricks

Become an IDE champ with these bite-sized tips and tricks.

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Create SQLite Database Connection

How to drag-and-drop a .sqlite database file onto the Database tool to create a connection.

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Put New Project Under Version Control

The fastest way to register a new project directory under local version control.

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Split Screen Without Tabs

Get your code and tests side-by-side without resorting to tabs.

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Spot Coverage Gaps Using the Gutter

Let the IDE help you spot coverage gaps in your testing.

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Wrap Selection With Tag

Use the keyboard to put a wrapper tag around a selection of code.

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Auto-Run Tests

Get into testing mode by telling PyCharm to automatically re-run tests as you type.

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Evaluate Expression During Debugging

Select your code and execute it, in the right context.

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Run From Keyboard

Use the keyboard to select and run a run configuration.

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Rename a File and its References

Change your mind on a file name and the IDE makes all the changes for you.

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Rename Symbol

Change a variable name, class name, or other symbol, across the project.

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Move Block Up/Down Using Keyboard

Use the keyboard to move a line or selection up or down in your file.

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Quick Documentation

View arguments and documentation without interrupting your flow.

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View Parameter Info

Quickly see function arguments and argument types.

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Make and Extend Selection Using Keyboard

Use the keyboard to select blocks of code then extend/shrink the selection.

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Add Line After/Before

Smart-add a line, from the middle of a line, after or before the current line.

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Run Single Test

Speed up testing by focusing on one test.

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Generate Imports While Typing

Avoid interruption by letting PyCharm generate your imports as you type.

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Optimize Imports

Automate the organizing and cleaning up of your Python imports with optimize imports.

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Navigate Cursor Position Back and Forth

Easily navigate back to where you were, or where you went.

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Managing Copyright Policy

Use the copyright tool to manage a copyright statement across project files.

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Parsed f-string expressions

Bracket completion and syntax highlighting for f-string evaluated expressions.

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Navigate to Symbol

Navigate your project by code, not files.

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LiveEdit HTML and CSS

With the LiveEdit plugin, open HTML and CSS in Chrome, over HTTP, and see updates as you save.

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Navigate to File

Jump to a file without using the Project Tool and your mouse.

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One Import Per Line Preference

Tell PyCharm to put each import on a separate line when it cleans up your imports.

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Better Autocomplete Results in Angular Templates

Narrow the universe of Angular template completions to those that matter.