On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Matthew Gidden <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I agree. I spend probably 70% of my time in notebooks. However, the > distinction is between "initial coding" vs. "coding". In my specific > environment (which I do not claim is authoritative or representative), I > have found many users stay in the IDE/notebook environment.
I've seen this too. I'd be very interested if there is any data about the effect this has on errors in the resulting analysis, and code quality. The notebook is an excellent tool for writing tutorials and demos, but I have almost stopped using it for my work (which is a combination of development, teaching and research). I found the notebook GUI was a serious barrier to stepping back and thinking hard about the problem. It encouraged me to play with things until they worked, which is a temptation I have to work very hard to avoid. Best, Matthew _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
