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I read this book a few weeks ago. I loved the ipython notebook format. Being able to edit the code for each figure and play around with parameters while reading

I read this book a few weeks ago. I loved the ipython notebook format. Being able to edit the code for each figure and play around with parameters while reading was a treat. As a bonus, I learned as much a about making nice figures as I did about Bayesian Methods. There were quite a few typos, but it wasn't much of a context switch to edit the source as I found them and then submit patches when I was done. I probably wouldn't have taken the time if it wasn't as convenient.

csense 13y ago
ipython looks really interesting, maybe even deserving its own HN thread. This is the second time I've seen it in the last month, I noticed it in the documentation of a Python static blog generator, Nikola [1]. [1] https://github.com/ralsina/nikola/blob/master/nikola/plugins/compile_ipynb/README.txt https://github.com/ralsina/nikola/blob/master/nikola/plugins...
- gknoy 13y ago
  I love IPython: it's definitely worth it if you want to regularly use a REPL to explore things like your Django objects, filter for things, or test scripts with test data. I really like it for exploring a codebase which I am not 100% familiar with, as its tab completion is excellent. Run it with ipython --pprint though, so you get automatic pretty printing. I also recommend using the qtconsole plugin , as it is Much Nicer. Basically, if you like bpython, this is better in every way I can think of. If you like the plain python REPL, give this a shot anyway. :) You may be pleasantly surprised.
  - omaranto 13y ago
    You can also use the ipython notebook instead of qtconsole if for some reason you refuse install At on your system (I have a GTK using friend who so refuses).
  - Chris2048 13y ago
    It also has a nice client-server structure too: I think there's a vim or emacs python extension that connects to an ipython kernel to run execute python snippets.
    - bsg75 13y ago
      https://github.com/tkf/emacs-ipython-notebook https://github.com/tkf/emacs-ipython-notebook https://github.com/ivanov/vim-ipython https://github.com/ivanov/vim-ipython

csense 13y ago

ipython looks really interesting, maybe even deserving its own HN thread. This is the second time I've seen it in the last month, I noticed it in the documentation of a Python static blog generator, Nikola [1]. [1] https://github.com/ralsina/nikola/blob/master/nikola/plugins/compile_ipynb/README.txt https://github.com/ralsina/nikola/blob/master/nikola/plugins...

gknoy 13y ago
I love IPython: it's definitely worth it if you want to regularly use a REPL to explore things like your Django objects, filter for things, or test scripts with test data. I really like it for exploring a codebase which I am not 100% familiar with, as its tab completion is excellent. Run it with ipython --pprint though, so you get automatic pretty printing. I also recommend using the qtconsole plugin , as it is Much Nicer. Basically, if you like bpython, this is better in every way I can think of. If you like the plain python REPL, give this a shot anyway. :) You may be pleasantly surprised.
- omaranto 13y ago
  You can also use the ipython notebook instead of qtconsole if for some reason you refuse install At on your system (I have a GTK using friend who so refuses).
- Chris2048 13y ago
  It also has a nice client-server structure too: I think there's a vim or emacs python extension that connects to an ipython kernel to run execute python snippets.
  - bsg75 13y ago
    https://github.com/tkf/emacs-ipython-notebook https://github.com/tkf/emacs-ipython-notebook https://github.com/ivanov/vim-ipython https://github.com/ivanov/vim-ipython