The following is a list of prerequisites for this chapter:
- Ensure that you have both Python 3.6+ and PyCharm installed on your computer.
- Download the Database Tools and SQL plugin for PyCharm.
- Download the GitHub repository at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Hands-on-Application-Development-with-PyCharm.
- During this chapter, we will be working with the Chapter09 subfolder in the downloaded code repository.
The first step in working with any database is to import the corresponding data source into our environment.