Chapter 5. Interpreters and Consoles

In this chapter, we are going to be diving deep into interpreter support in PyCharm. PyCharm's interpreter support is very powerful, with the ability to support almost any interpreter—from the most commonly used interpreter, CPython, to less widely used interpreters such as PyPy and Jython. PyCharm also has powerful console support. It can emulate both IPython and the normal Python interpreter, providing the syntax highlighting and code completion that we take for granted from the editor. What's even better is that code completion in the console is more powerful in PyCharm than in the editor. By reading this chapter, you'll be able to quickly install packages, make virtualenvs, and get the most out of code completion in the PyCharm console. This chapter is broken down into a few parts:

• All about interpreters: This section covers interpreter configuration, virtualenv creation, package management, and remote interpreters
• The...