/pycharm-external-tools

External PyCharm tools used in other projects

Tools project, to be used in other projects

Just a Python project that installs tools which we can then use in other projects without having to install them in each project.

With the use of PyCharm's external tools, we can configure those to be accessible in every single project without having to configure anything in those.

Tools included to date:

  • PyInstaller (create "exe" file from project)
  • PyQt5 Designer (To design interfaces to use with PyQt5)
  • PyUIC (To convert .ui files, created in designer, to .py for use in PyQT)

Configuration in Pycharm

######Note: Make sure not to use pip>19 (As of Feb 2019, only pip 18.1 maximum is able to install the "PyInstaller module")

  • Use requirements.txt for modules to install

  • PyInstaller External tool setup:

    • Name: PyInstaller
    • Program (from project venv): Scripts\pyinstaller.exe
    • Arguments: --onefile $FileName$ -n "$ProjectName$"
    • Working Directory: $ProjectFileDir$

  • QTDesigner External tool setup:

    • Name: QTDesigner
    • Program (from project venv): Lib\site-packages\QtDesigner\designer.exe
    • Arguments: "$FilePath$"
    • Working Directory: $ProjectFileDir$

  • PyUIC External tool setup:

    • Name: PyUIC (Warning, "Arguments" not highlighed in screenshot, easy to miss)
    • Program (from project venv): Scripts\pyuic5.exe
    • Arguments: $FilePath$ -o "$FileDir$$FileNameWithoutExtension$.py"
    • Working Directory: $ProjectFileDir$

Usage (In any project after configured here)

  • PyInstaller
    • Right click on main file python file -> External tools -> PyInstaller
  • QtDesigner
    • Right click on .ui file -> External tools -> QtDesigner
    • Tools menu -> External Tools -> QtDesigner (Will pop error message because no input file is provided, but still works)
  • PyUIC
    • Right click on .ui file -> External tools -> PyUIC

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