Generate code

PyCharm provides multiple ways to generate common code constructs and recurring elements, which helps you increase productivity. These can be either file templates used when creating a new file, custom or predefined live templates that are applied differently based on the context, various wrappers, or automatic pairing of characters.

Additionally, PyCharm provides code completion and Emmet support.

From the main menu, select Code | Generate Alt+Insert to open the popup menu with available constructs that you can generate.

• Suppose you are referring a class or a method, which has not yet been created. With PyCharm, you can easily stub out the missing symbol with the aid of the dedicated intention action:

  Create symbols from usage

• PyCharm provides a multitude of predefined live templates for many common code constructs. You can also define custom templates to cover use cases specific to your workflow:

  Generate custom code constructs using live templates

  Generate custom code constructs using live templates

• It's possible to implement methods of the abstract classes and methods that contain raise NotImplementedError:

  Implement methods of an interface or abstract class

• You can override any method of a parent class by generating necessary code from a predefined template. PyCharm creates a stub that contains a call to the method of the superclass, leaving the developer with the task of providing some meaningful source code in the method's body:

  Override methods of a superclass

• PyCharm provides standard templates for surrounding code fragments with various constructs based on the language of the source code. This includes if...else conditional statements, for loops, and other constructs:

  Surround code fragments

• PyCharm can automatically add closing braces and other paired elements:

  Complete paired characters

• PyCharm lets you quickly unwrap or extract expressions from enclosing statements:

  Unwrapping and removing statements