# Slicker: A Tool for Moving Things in Python

DevFeed: [Slicker: A Tool for Moving Things in Python](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/slicker-a-tool-for-moving-things-in-python-27406.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/slicker.htm>)

Author: Khan Academy

Published: 2018-04-02T22:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Khan Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/khan-academy.md>)

Topics: [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/refactoring.md>), [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>), [PyCharm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pycharm.md>)

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## AI overview

This article explains why Khan Academy built Slicker, a tool for moving thousands of Python files, classes, and functions while updating references and imports. It also describes limitations the authors encountered with PyCharm's refactoring tools.

## Source excerpt

By Ben Kraft Craig talked last post about our project to reorganize our whole Python codebase. This entails ... Read more