Hi all,

[ not aimed at anyone in particular, just replying to Brian since it's
the latest e-mail in my inbox ]

I think we're diverging from useful topics here and headed towards disagreement
and argumentation without data ;).  Can we take a step back from this
discussion for a bit, please?

best,
--titus

On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 09:33:42AM -0400, Brian Stucky wrote:
> > Most enterprises don't use Python for web development and I don't what 
> developers use.
>
> You might be correct that "most enterprises" don't use Python for web  
> development; I don't know.  But I do know that Python is widely used in  
> enterprise web development, including by some of the biggest players.   
> See, e.g., Instagram, Mozilla, Google, Open Stack...
>
> -Brian
>
>
>
> On 04/03/2016 02:14 PM, Alfred Essa wrote:
>> Let me clarify. I do mean to suggest that "developers" use Jupyter  
>> environment, including Notebook, for developing production quality  
>> Python code. Most enterprises don't use Python for web development and  
>> I don't what developers use. I do know that *researchers* in  
>> scientific computing and data science who use Python use Jupyter  
>> extensively, not just for "tutorials" and "demos". I don't have data  
>> on this. It's anecdote. The IDE for researchers using R is, of course,  
>> R Studio.
>>
>> Apache Zepellin and notebook environment is also worth looking at  
>> because of its Spark integration.
>>
>> https://zeppelin.incubaftor.apache.org/  
>> <https://zeppelin.incubator.apache.org/>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 2:04 PM, Matthew Brett <[email protected]  
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Matthew Gidden
>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[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
>>
>>
>>
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