Meet PyCharm

Welcome to PyCharm help!

PyCharm is a dedicated Python and Django IDE providing a wide range of essential tools for Python developers, tightly integrated together to create a convenient environment for productive Python development and Web development.

For beginners

• Before starting with PyCharm, take a look at the basic concepts since they are useful for more productive usage of PyCharm.
• If you want to learn about the PyCharm UI, then take a guided tour. The parts Tool Windows and PyCharm Editor tell you everything you need to know to get a grip of these UI elements.
• The section Customizing PyCharm contains important information about the settings (preferences).
• The tutorials for beginners are in the part First Steps. They help perform the most important basic tasks with PyCharm - create and run an application.
• If you click Help button on a dialog, you will see the reference page that gives descriptions of controls and fields of each dialog.
• Besides the dialog descriptions, the part Reference also keeps miscellaneous important information, like icons reference, index of menu items, version control reference, etc.
• Finally, the part Getting Help tells about using help topics, applying to support service, reporting issues and sharing your feedback.

For advanced users

For those who want to learn more, the sections in IDE Essentials, Python, Django, Flask, Scientific Tools will be useful. Also, the sections under SSH, Docker, Vagrant, Databases and SQL, JavaScript and Other Languages and Version Control with PyCharm contain important information about the facilities provided by PyCharm.