PyCharm is an integrated development environment (IDE) used for programming in Python. It provides code analysis, a graphical debugger, an integrated unit tester, integration with version control systems, and supports web development with Django. PyCharm is developed by the Czech company JetBrains and built on their IntelliJ platform.[4]

PyCharm
Developer(s)JetBrains
Initial release3 February 2010; 14 years ago (2010-02-03)
Stable release
2024.2.3[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 26 September 2024; 20 days ago (26 September 2024)
Written inJava, Python
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux
Size174–555 MB
TypePython IDE
License
Websitewww.jetbrains.com/pycharm/
PyCharm Edu
Developer(s)JetBrains
Initial release30 October 2014; 9 years ago (2014-10-30)[2]
Final release
2022.2.5 (Build: 222.4554.11) / 16 March 2023; 19 months ago (2023-03-16)[3]
Written inJava, Python
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux
Size320–430 MB
TypeIDE
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitewww.jetbrains.com/pycharm-edu/

It is cross-platform, working on Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. PyCharm has a Professional Edition, released under a proprietary license and a Community Edition released under the Apache License.[5] PyCharm Community Edition is less extensive than the Professional Edition.[6]

Features

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In both versions

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  • Python coding assistance and analysis, with code completion, syntax and error highlighting, linter integration, and quick fixes
  • Project and code navigation: specialized project views, file structure views and quick jumping between files, classes, methods and usages
  • Python code refactoring: including rename, update function signature, extract method, introduce variable, introduce constant, pull up, push down and others
  • Integrated Python debugger
  • Integrated unit testing, with line-by-line coverage
  • Virtual environment, build tool and package management
  • Embedded terminal and Python console
  • Docker support
  • HTML,[7] XML, JSON, YAML, Markdown support
  • Spell- and grammar-checking[8]

Only in the Professional version

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History

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PyCharm was released to the market of the Python-focused IDEs to compete with PyDev (for Eclipse) or the more broadly focused Komodo IDE by ActiveState.

The beta version of the product was released in July 2010, with the 1.0 arriving 3 months later. Version 2.0 was released on 13 December 2011, version 3.0 was released on 24 September 2013, and version 4.0 was released on November 19, 2014.[19]

PyCharm became Open Source on 22 October 2013. The Open Source variant is released under the name Community Edition while the commercial variant, Professional Edition, contains closed-source modules.[5]

As of December 2022, JetBrains has discontinued PyCharm Edu and IntelliJ IDEA Edu. The educational functionality is now bundled with the Community and Professional editions of IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm.[3] Users are encouraged to install the Community or Professional editions and enable educational features through the IDE settings.

Licensing

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  • PyCharm Professional Edition is commercial, proprietary software and is gratis for open-source projects and for some educational uses.[20] It is paid on a subscription basis, though after paying for one year a "Perpetual Fallback License" will be granted for the version which was available one year before ending the subscription.[21]
  • PyCharm Community Edition is distributed under Apache 2 license. The source code is available on GitHub.[22]

Criticism

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The PyCharm Python IDE does not feature an GUI builder for now.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Download PyCharm". 26 September 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ^ "JetBrains Debuts PyCharm Educational Edition". JetBrains Blog. 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Sunsetting Educational IDEs". JetBrains Blog. December 1, 2022. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  4. ^ "JetBrains Strikes Python Developers with PyCharm 1.0 IDE". eWeek. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013.
  5. ^ a b PyCharm 3.0 community edition source code now available Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Jet Brains. October 2013.
  6. ^ a b "JetBrains Products Comparison". JetBrains. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  7. ^ "Working with HTML files | PyCharm". PyCharm Help. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  8. ^ "Grazie Lite - IntelliJ IDEs Plugin | Marketplace". JetBrains Marketplace. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  9. ^ "Create and run your first Django project | PyCharm". PyCharm Help. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  10. ^ "Creating a Flask Project | PyCharm". PyCharm Help. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  11. ^ "FastAPI | PyCharm". PyCharm Help. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  12. ^ "Pyramid | PyCharm". PyCharm Help. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  13. ^ "Style Sheets | PyCharm". PyCharm Help. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  14. ^ "JavaScript | PyCharm". PyCharm Help. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  15. ^ "Database Tools and SQL | PyCharm". PyCharm Help. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  16. ^ "Cython support | PyCharm". PyCharm Help. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  17. ^ "What is PyCharm | Where do we Use PyCharm? | Features". EDUCBA. 2021-11-04. Archived from the original on 2023-08-28. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  18. ^ "Explore PyCharm Features - JetBrains' Leading Python IDE". Archived from the original on 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  19. ^ Filippov, Dmitry (November 19, 2014). "Announcing General Availability of PyCharm 4". PyCharm Blog. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  20. ^ PyCharm Students & Teachers Pricing, Jet Brains website.
  21. ^ "What is a perpetual fallback license?". Licensing and Purchasing FAQ. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  22. ^ PyCharm Community Edition Archived 2016-12-08 at the Wayback Machine on GitHub.
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