Discover the new UI elements

The Digi XBee PyCharm IDE Plugin adds some new elements to the PyCharm UI in order to facilitate the development of Python or MicroPython applications.

  1. Main menu.
    • The File menu includes two new options to create a Digi project and to import a Digi sample.
    • The new Build menu allows you to build the project, generating the corresponding compiled files for each Python/MicroPython source, and clean the project.
    • The new Digi menu offers actions to open the REPL or SSH consoles, import a library, reset the selected XBee device or format the XBee file system. Some of these options only appear depending on the selected platform.
  1. Navigation bar. It allows you to select or change the Digi device where the application will be flashed into, build the project and run it.
  2. Project view. The build and libs folders are automatically created. The first one contains the Python/MicroPython compiled files, and the second one the libraries you have imported—if any.
  3. Editor. The plugin provides some features that help you to write your code.
  4. Tool Window bar. The XBee REPL Console and Digi SSH Console tools allow you to quickly communicate with your Digi device.

Note For more information about the IDE, see the PyCharm Quick Start Guide.