IPython & Jupyter: a PyCon 2017 tutorial

Class outline:

• A quick installation check of ipython and jupyter notebook
• An overview of the IPython project from the official website, and jupyter
• Super basic intro to the notebook: typing code.
• Notebook Basics
• IPython - beyond plain python
• Markdown Cells
• Rich Display System
• Custom Display logic
• Customizing IPython - a condensed version
• Running a Secure Public Notebook Server
• How Jupyter/IPython works to run code in different languages.

Get this tutorial:

git clone https://github.com/ipython/ipython-in-depth

Install IPython and Jupyter:

with conda:

conda install ipython jupyter

with pip:

# first, upgrade pip!
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install --upgrade ipython jupyter

Start the notebook in the tutorial directory:

cd ipython-in-depth
jupyter notebook

There are a lot more detailed notebooks in this same directory that cover other topics, but we can not cover all in a 3-hour tutorial. We encourage you to explore them and practice on your own.