PyCharm is a fully featured IDE. For the new user this can be quite overwhelming. Even for the seasoned developer it can be quite difficult finding your way through a new IDE. Completing a simple hello-world app is a great way to break ground on this tool.
We will start from the welcome screen. After you have installed and launched PyCharm this is how you will be greeted.
![PyCharm Welcome Screen](https://mathcodeprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Welcome-to-PyCharm_594.png)
1.) Select “Create New Project”, and you will see the screen slide over and we can walk through the “New Project” dialog.
![PyCharm - New Project Dialog](https://mathcodeprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/New-Project_595.png)
2.) Change the file name to “hello-world”
![PyCharm - Name a New Project](https://mathcodeprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Selection_596.png)
3.) Click Create
![PyCharm - Create Button](https://mathcodeprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Selection_597.png)
4.) Right CLick on the FileFolder name “hello-world” on the left side of the screen. Select “New”, the “Python FIle
![PyCharm - Add a Python File](https://i0.wp.com/mathcodeprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/hello-world_598.png?fit=980%2C551&ssl=1)
5.) Give your python file a name, like “helloworld”
![PyCharm - Name a New Python File](https://mathcodeprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Selection_599.png)
6.) Now type this into the black pane on the right:
print ("hello world!")
![PyCharm - HelloWorld code](https://i2.wp.com/mathcodeprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/hello-world-–-helloworld.py_600.png?fit=980%2C551&ssl=1)
7.) Highlight the “helloworld.py” file in the Project Tree on the left and click the Run item in Top menu. The second Run entry will be highlighted, select that.
![Pycharm - Running Code](https://i2.wp.com/mathcodeprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/hello-world-–-helloworld.py_603.png?fit=980%2C551&ssl=1)
8.) From the Run Dialog select the helloworld file ( right facing white triangle ). The click green Run Arrow
![PyCharm - Select file to run](https://i0.wp.com/mathcodeprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/hello-world-–-helloworld.py_605.png?fit=980%2C551&ssl=1)
If all goes well you will see the run output at the bottom of your screen.
![PyCharm - helloworld code output](https://i2.wp.com/mathcodeprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Selection_606.png?fit=980%2C186&ssl=1)
An that is all there is to it. Once you have navigated the “helloworld” you have the basics necessary to use this IDE.