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IPython notebook

Functionality

Basic functionality

Pretty way to alternate inline code, inline output (including graphs) and text (markdown) in one document Share the document (ipynb) with others and allow them to modify it Export the document to html or pdf to allow "read-only" access Although it is a browser based GUI, it has several key bindings that make working on notebooks much more comfortable and make it a real option for presentations, teaching, etc. Unexplored features

Import of existing scripts Executing/importing notebooks as python files Running public notebooks in a server Other references and help available on the online documentation <http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/interactive/htmlnotebook.html>_

Dependencies

Main site <http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/install/install.html#installnotebook>_

ZeroMQ & PyZMQ (PyPi) Tornado (PyPi) MathJax: imported automatically if online; for offline use:

.. sourcecode:: python from IPython.external.mathjax import install_mathjax install_mathjax() Browser compatibility: Safari, Chrome and Firefox

Fire it up

ipython notebook ipython notebook --pylab ipython notebook --pylab inline

Either load up an existing ipynb or start a new one you can save later.