1. The magic of
IPython Notebook
in 15 minutes

2. What is it and why use it?
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Web-based REPL (read-eval-print-loop) - simple and
interactive programming environment alternative to the
default shell
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Cross platform and free
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Rich toolkit: Terminal / Web / Qt console
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Great for learn new languages
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Allows to save code snippets
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Output in interactive mode: text, tables, graphics

3. Installing IPython
Minimal effort (newbies)!
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Anaconda for Mac or Windows
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Complete!
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OSX - easy_install ipython will download and install all dependencies; pip install ipython will
also work but ignore some dependencies
Ubuntu (and Debian-based distros):
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installs IPython and its dependencies
sudo apt-get install ipython-notebook
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additional tools for scientific computing (optional)
sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib python-scipy python-pandas python-sympy python-nose
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Windows: http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/stable/install/install.html#windows

4. First steps
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Launch typing IPython Notebook
Do your magic

5. Characteristics
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Easy installation
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Menu with several options
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Multiple cell types (markdown, raw text, headings)
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Magics (% inline and %% multiline)
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Code completion
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Integrated help
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Allows download notebooks and load them again from file

6. Magic functions

7. IPython SQL
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Introduces a sql magic for IPython
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Connect to a db using SQLAlchemy connecting strings
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Multiple connections can be manteined
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Dict-style access for result sets is supported
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Supports Pandas, Graphing and Dumping
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https://github.com/catherinedevlin/ipython-sql

8. Output examples

9. Thank you