This reminds me a lot of Xiki — a “wiki inspired” shell. I ran across that project earlier this month but hadn’t had a chance to try it out. Has anyone done a comparison of the two?
Peter On Dec 19, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Sam Kome <[email protected]> wrote: > iPython is the only console to bother with IMHO, regardless of what chore I'm > doing. I've noodled with the Notebooks and they're wonderful but I am time > and attention challenged and haven't progressed far. > > Eric Matthes uses iPython notebooks to teach programming and has set out some > excellent resources: > > https://github.com/ehmatthes/intro_programming > > $.02 > SK > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roy > Tennant > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython? > > Our Wikipedian in Residence, Max Klein brought iPython [1] to my attention > recently and even in just the little exploration I've done with it so far I'm > quite impressed. Although you could call it "interactive Python" that doesn't > begin to put across the full range of capabilities, as when I first heard > that I thought "Great, a Python shell where you enter a command, hit the > return, and it executes. Great. Just what I need. NOT." But I was SO WRONG. > > It certainly can and does do that, but also so much more. You can enter > blocks of code that then execute. Those blocks don't even have to be Python. > They can be Ruby or Perl or bash. There are built-in functions of various > kinds that it (oddly) calls "magic". But perhaps the killer bit is the idea > of "Notebooks" that can capture all of your work in a way that is also > editable and completely web-ready. This last part is probably difficult to > understand until you experience it. > > Anyway, i was curious if others have been working with it and if so, what > they are using it for. I can think of all kinds of things I might want to do > with it, but hearing from others can inspire me further, I'm sure. > Thanks, > Roy > > [1] http://ipython.org/ -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS [email protected] +1 678-235-2955 800.999.8558 x2955
