This post originally appeared on Alex Rogozhnikov’s blog, ‘Brilliantly Wrong’. Alex has graciously let us republish his post here.
Jupyter Notebook
Jupyter notebook, formerly known as the IPython notebook, is a flexible tool that helps you create readable analyses, as you can keep code, images, comments, formulae and plots together.
Jupyter is quite extensible, supports many programming languages and is easily hosted on your computer or on almost any server — you only need to have ssh or http access. Best of all, it’s completely free.
The Jupyter interface.
By default, Jupyter works with Python kernels - hence its historical name as the IPython notebook. Jupyter notebook is produced by the Jupyter project - the name Jupyter is an indirect acronyum of the three core languages it was designed for: JUlia, PYThon, and R and is inspired by the planet Jupiter. We’re going to show you 27 tips and tricks to make your life working with Jupyter easier.
1. Keyboard Shortcuts
As any power user knows, keyboard shortcuts will save you lots of time. Jupyter stores a list of keybord shortcuts under the menu at the top:...