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PyCharm

Installation

  • Installation file can be downloaded from this link.

Shortcut Keys Changes

  • Toggle Terminal -> ⌃`
    • Open Actions search by using ⌘⇧a shortcut.
    • Search for Terminal and change its shortcut by pressing ⌥↵ shortcut and selecting ⌃` as the new shortcut. (Choose Remove when prompted)
    • Now search for Quick Switch Scheme and change its shortcut by pressing ⌥↵ shortcut and selecting ⌥⇧; as the new shortcut.

Settings

  • Open settings by using ⌘, shortcut on MacOS.
  • Choose Appearance, Editor Font, Code Style, Tools based on the computer screen specifications.
    • Appearance -> Theme, Color Scheme, No custom font, No Compact mode, Show Indent Guides, Show tool window bars, Widescreen tool window layout, Remember size for each tool window, Auto Save if the IDE is idle for 15 seconds, Disable "Send Usage Statistics", region, Update plugins automatically, Use Rose for Non-project files.
    • Editor -> Remove trailing blank lines at the end of saved files, Ensure every saved file ends with a line break, Fira Code font, Font size 13, Line height 1.2, Enable Ligatures, Fallback Font: JetBrains Mono.
    • For code style, download this XML file and import it.
    • Tools -> Actions on Save (Reformat code, Optimize imports, Run Black (you may need to install and configure it)).
  • Select the docstring format by going to Tools -> Python Integrated Tools and change format to Google.

Extensions

  • Atom Material Icons