July 2016
Beginner to intermediate
462 pages
9h 14m
English
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Keeping track of package versions and history in IPython Notebook
The IPython Notebook was added to IPython 0.12 in December 2011. Many Pythonistas feel that the IPython Notebook is essential for reproducible data analysis. The IPython Notebook is comparable to commercial products such as Mathematica, MATLAB, and Maple. It is an interactive web browser-based environment. In this recipe, we will see how to keep track of package versions and store IPython sessions in the context of reproducible data analysis. By the way, the IPython Notebook has been renamed Jupyter Notebook.
Getting ready
For this recipe, you will need a recent IPython installation. The instructions to install IPython are at http://ipython.org/install.html (retrieved July 2015). ...