IPython Notebook lets you do more than just program
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Conclusion
The IPython Notebook deserves the name "killer app." It has become the standard tool at scientific conferences for tutorials and increasingly also for lectures. Given its extreme versatility, IPython Notebook is also useful for anyone working with Python who is seeking a lot of payback in exchange for a brief training period.
The environment is highly suitable for trying out ideas. You get an immense number of benefits if you are looking to introduce programming concepts to other people. Last but not least, IPython Notebook makes it easy for a beginner to start programming. It is downright ideal for learning the basics of programming.
Infos
- IPython Notebook: http://ipython.org/notebook.html
- Read-eval-print loop (REPL): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read-eval-print_loop
- Tornado: http://www.tornadoweb.org
- ZeroMQ: http://zeromq.org/
- Anaconda: http://continuum.io/downloads
- Matplotlib: http://matplotlib.org/
- Pandas: http://pandas.pydata.org/
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