Tips

Visualize the structure of a database with diagrams

Use autocomplete when typing a string in the apps section of your settings file.

Change the wording in your last commit message, after you committed.

Speed up your "visual coverage" with a config file and correct working directory.

Let PyCharm do the work to clone and setup a project hosted on GitHub.

Drag-and-drop a .sqlite database file onto the Database tool to create a connection.

Use the IDE's built-in history facility to recover changes when VCS can't help you.

Unselect files or changed regions within files during the commit process.

The fastest way to register a new project directory under local version control.

Browse your package.json scripts and run in a dedicated tool window.

Quickly spot which parts of your file have changed since the last commit.

Get your code and tests side-by-side without resorting to tabs.

Easily and visually recover from a commit-in-error.

Use the keyboard to put a wrapper tag around a selection of code.

Let the IDE help you spot coverage gaps in your testing.

Get into testing mode by telling PyCharm to automatically re-run tests as you type.

Speed up your debugging by stopping execution only when you want to.

Select your code and execute it, in the right context.

Use the keyboard to select and run a run configuration.

Use the same keybindings from vim with a PlugIn

Let your IDE add constructor arguments to your instance.

Change your mind on a file name and the IDE makes all the changes for you.

Change a variable name, class name, or other symbol, across the project.

Use the keyboard to move a line or selection up or down in your file.

Quickly see function arguments and argument types.

View arguments and documentation without interrupting your flow.

Use the keyboard to select blocks of code then extend/shrink the selection.

Smart-add a line, from the middle of a line, after or before the current line.

Use keyboard and Navigation Bar to find files under a path.

Activate the Navigation Bar and create a new file somewhere in the project tree.

Narrow and select from a long folder listing Navigation Bar by typing a speed search.

Open a file somewhere in the project tree using the keyboard and Navigation Bar.

Move around your project tree and select files, from your keyboard, with the Navigation Bar.

Bring up the Navigation Bar as needed, let it disappear when finished.

Speed up testing by focusing on one test.

While typing a symbol, let PyCharm install it and generate the import.

Avoid interruption by letting PyCharm generate your imports as you type.

Automate the organizing and cleaning up of your Python imports with Optimize Imports.

Tell PyCharm to clean up indentation and other code style in your file.

Easily navigate back to where you were, or where you went.

Use the copyright tool to manage a copyright statement across project files.

Bracket completion and syntax highlighting for f-string evaluated expressions.

Navigate your project by code, not files.

From the Recent Files popup, open one of the IDE tool windows.

With the LiveEdit plugin, open HTML and CSS in Chrome, over HTTP, and see updates as you save.

Jump to a file without using the Project Tool and your mouse.

Tell PyCharm to put each import on a separate line when it cleans up your imports.

Narrow the universe of Angular template completions to those that matter.

Save space and stay keyboard-centric by turning off the tabs.

Use Recent Files to quickly jump to last-visited file.

Save space by turning off various toolbars and Project Tool.

Skip memorizing keyboard shortcuts and speed search for actions instead.