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Just a heads up: Jupyter Notebook is not an open source alternative to Mathematica. Originally, Jupyter was iPython notebook, an IDE of sorts for data science a

Just a heads up: Jupyter Notebook is not an open source alternative to Mathematica. Originally, Jupyter was iPython notebook, an IDE of sorts for data science and analysis in Python, by writing code and markdown together in a more coherent and integrated way. Then they incorporated a host of other popular open source languages for computational science such as R, Julia, F#, ect., so that we could use the best tools for their task, all in one document.

godzillabrennus 11y ago
Great summary of Jupyter Notebook! I'll add that it's a great way to teach python to students. Notebooks can be shared and students basically retain all their legwork as they learn. It's very helpful for visually seeing code work if you are new.
IndianAstronaut 11y ago
>all in one document. So it is possible to run both R and Python commands in the same notebook?
- qhoc 11y ago
  No, R and Python are separate kernels (think compiler). You can mix Shell and Python or Shell and R though.
- trentnelson 11y ago
  Yeah, there are bridges for converting Python data types to R and vice versa (Rpy2).
  - dandermotj 11y ago
    Feather is a recently released data frame file that both R and Python can interface with. We have Hadley Whickam and Wes McKinney to thank for it!
  - Tyr42 11y ago
    Feels like it should be called circumference, since multiplication is commutative :P (2pyr)
- hni 11y ago
  Yes you can, it's quite convenient: http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/01/pipelining-r-python.html http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/01/pipelining-r-pyt...
rafunzi 11y ago
Well, not actually a IDE, I still use Emacs to create my IPython Notebooks in Jupyter. Although it has and allow the creation of extensions which provide a lot of usefull features. In this version, the nbextensions are introduced as python packages, so that they're even easier to use/install. The best thing with Jupyter Notebooks, is that one can write text with markdown, show formulas with LaTex (using MathJax), show code inputs and outputs in REPL-style, all together with possible Bash use, other languages' snippets, and nice cell %magics.

godzillabrennus 11y ago

Great summary of Jupyter Notebook! I'll add that it's a great way to teach python to students. Notebooks can be shared and students basically retain all their legwork as they learn. It's very helpful for visually seeing code work if you are new.

IndianAstronaut 11y ago

>all in one document. So it is possible to run both R and Python commands in the same notebook?

qhoc 11y ago
No, R and Python are separate kernels (think compiler). You can mix Shell and Python or Shell and R though.
trentnelson 11y ago
Yeah, there are bridges for converting Python data types to R and vice versa (Rpy2).
- dandermotj 11y ago
  Feather is a recently released data frame file that both R and Python can interface with. We have Hadley Whickam and Wes McKinney to thank for it!
- Tyr42 11y ago
  Feels like it should be called circumference, since multiplication is commutative :P (2pyr)
hni 11y ago
Yes you can, it's quite convenient: http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/01/pipelining-r-python.html http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/01/pipelining-r-pyt...

rafunzi 11y ago

Well, not actually a IDE, I still use Emacs to create my IPython Notebooks in Jupyter. Although it has and allow the creation of extensions which provide a lot of usefull features. In this version, the nbextensions are introduced as python packages, so that they're even easier to use/install. The best thing with Jupyter Notebooks, is that one can write text with markdown, show formulas with LaTex (using MathJax), show code inputs and outputs in REPL-style, all together with possible Bash use, other languages' snippets, and nice cell %magics.