Working with projects

Now that we have seen all the configuration options and we’ve tweaked some of the more popular settings, let’s take PyCharm for a quick spin around the block. We’ll create a quick Python project and learn how to run our main script within the UI.

At this point, you’re going to need to have installed Python 3 on your computer. The Python documentation at https://docs.python.org/3/using/index.html explains the installation. I find this documentation to be complete, but you have to wade through a lot to get to the good part. To make this easier for beginners, I’ll include some additional links in the Further reading section at the end of this chapter.

Creating a new project

You’re probably starting to realize that PyCharm is a pretty powerful and flexible tool. There are several ways to configure it and several places in the application where you can start the configuration process. There is similar flexibility in...