Installing the AWS Toolkit

In this section, we will install the AWS Toolkit in PyCharm. The AWS Toolkit is an extension for PyCharm to develop, debug, and deploy your applications for AWS. Let’s get to it:

1. Open PyCharm on your computer.
2. Open Preferences from the PyCharm dropdown and select Plugins:

Figure 5.1 – Preferences

3. Type AWS Toolkit in the search area and click Install:

Figure 5.2 — Install the AWS Toolkit

4. After installation, the IDE will ask you to restart it. Click the Restart IDE button:

Figure 5.3 – Restart the IDE

We have installed the AWS Toolkit in PyCharm. As the next step, we are going to configure the credentials for our AWS account.