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The Jupyter interface

Let's get familiar with Jupyter's interface. This software works differently to VS Code: Jupyter works as a web server that is accessible through a browser. To make it run, just type jupyter lab in VS Code's Terminal window and hit Enter. This will start the server. Depending on your OS, either a link will be printed in the Terminal (starting with localhost://...), or your default web browser will just open the page automatically. You can stop the Jupyter server by hitting Ctrl + C within the Terminal and typing yes, if prompted, or by closing the window.

Jupyter's layout, as shown in the following screenshot, is somewhat similar to that of VS Code:

Here, again, the tabs in section 1 show all the modes available for ...