Integrate Pylint with PyCharm

Question

I'm trying to integrate pylint with pyCharm, but I want it to be an online tool.

What do I mean ? I want it to detect errors and checking code standards when I write the code. Until now, I have done it by clicking "Tools --> External Tools --> pylint". There is an option to do this ? or maybe call the Pylint when I run the script ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Roberto Leinardi has recently created a pylint plugin for pycharm which really works and integrates well into the IDE:

Easy to install from the repositories, full instructions under: https://github.com/leinardi/pylint-pycharm

I have a short yet a happy experience with it so far! Kudos to Roberto.

Answer 2

I am just going through this myself - I think there are some earlier answers about setting up an external tool to produce a report, but this exists and sounds like exactly what you want.

Pylint-Pycharm

Pylint-Pycharm is a wrapper around Pylint that formats file paths in the Pylint output in a way that Pycharm can parse. This allows you to go to finding directly by clicking on the provided link.

The tool accepts the directory of a virtual environment as parameter and requires the paths of one or more Python files as input. The Python files/modules and all additional command line parameters are handed over to Pylint.

To configure as an 'external tool' in Pycharm (after you've run Setup.py):

command: pylint-pycharm
arguments: $FilePath$ 

[you can also pass in a virtualenv with --venv=, and other params for pylint such as your own pylintrc file]

directory: $FileDir$

Now the messages contain a link to the line in question.

To use straight pylint, configure per these instructions:

https://www.mantidproject.org/How_to_run_Pylint

Answer 3

Under Run -> Edit Configurations... you can see the Configuration on the right Side. At the Bottom is a Section called Before launch: Activate tool window where you can hit the green plus Button and configure pylint to be executed before the run.