The Live Edit functionality is provided by a plugin, so it should work in PyCharm as well. I know that it works in RubyMine.

You're right: http://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/?id=7007

It must have been just over a year ago I last checked, and it looks like it's been available since last July!

You should try the Intellij IDEA with python and javascript plugins. They should have the same code as standalone IDEs.

I tried that, it wasn't nearly as slick as pycharm.