IPython provides a rich architecture for interactive computing with:
While the focus of the project is Python, the IPython architecture is designed in a language-agnostic way to facilitate interactive computing in any language. An interactive kernel speaks to clients such as the terminal or web notebook via a well-specified protocol, and all features of a kernel are available to all clients. We ship the official IPython kernel, but kernels for other languages are being currently developed, with prototypes in Ruby and JavaScript already existing. Additionally, the IPython kernel supports multi-language integration, letting you for example mix Python code with Cython, R, Octave, and scripting in bash-perl-or-ruby.
To get started with the IPython Notebook, see the official-example-collection. The notebook-gallery is an excellent way to see the many things can be done with IPython while learning about a variety of topics, from basic programming to advanced statistics or quantum mechanics.
To learn more about IPython, there are videos-and-screencasts available or download talks-and-presentations, or read the extensive-documentation. IPython is open source (BSD license), and is used by a range of other-projects; add your project to that list if it uses IPython as a library, and please don’t forget to cite the project.
IPython supports Python 2.6 to 2.7 and 3.2 or newer. Our older 0.10 series supports Python 2.5, and can be used with Python 2.4.
The IPython Notebook is a web-based interactive computational environment where you can combine code execution, text, mathematics, plots and rich media into a single document:
These notebooks are normal files that can be shared with colleagues, converted to other formats such as HTML or PDF, etc. You can share any publicly available notebook by using the IPython Notebook Viewer service which will render it as a static web page. This makes it easy to give your colleagues a document they can read immediately without having to install anything.
To learn more about using the IPython Notebook, you can visit our example collection, and you can read the documentation for all the details on how to use and configure the system. The Notebook Gallery showcases many interesting notebooks covering a variety of topics, from basic programming to advanced scientific computing.
On OSGeoLive a number of python libraries and command line tools are installed (GDAL, GRASS, )and ready to be used, IPython provides a rich interface for such kind of tools, example usage can be found in the geo-notebook git repository other examples are available online on the IPython notebook gallery see : Data_and_Visualization_Integration_Via_Web-based_Resources and Exploring_seafloor_habitats_geographic_analysis_using_IPython_Notebook_with_GRASS_and_R , and an IPython Notebook can be also rendered as a slideshow
IPython Website
Licence: BSD license
Software Version: 1.2.1
Supported Platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows
API Interfaces: Python