Install PyCharm IDE

Overview

PyCharm is a great IDE to develop and run Python code for beginners. In this guide, we will walk through how to install PyCharm IDE on Windows.

Instructions

Download PyCharm

Head to https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download and download the Community version (You can use Professional edition if you have an .edu email).

Install PyCharm

1. Go to Downloads folder and double click on the pycharm-community-2017.3.1.exe file to begin installing.
2. PyCharm installation will be opened.
3. Follow the instructions. You should tick on the box Download and install JRE x86 by JetBrains and because we need this to run PyCharm. You should also tick on Create Desktop Shortcut: 64-bit launcher to create a shortcut. After that, PyCharm will be installed.

Run PyCharm

After PyCharm has been installed successfully, you can run it by double clicking on the shortcut and start programming in Python.