IPython Notes

by Dan Peirce B.Sc.  -- reformated here July 21, 2013 from my Dokuwiki site
                          at danpeirce.net46.net/dokuwiki/

IPython is a feature rich interactive shell for python. It was created by a physicist with scientific computing in mind.

The creator of IPython gives a talk in which he explains why it was created for scientific computing.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26wgEsg9Mcc

or read

• "An article about IPython, written by Fernando Perez and Brian Granger, published in the May/June 2007 issue of the journal Computing in Science and Engineering.". http://ipython.org/documentation.html >

Also see http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/stable/interactive/tutorial.html for a tutorial. And

• A Demonstration of the 'IPython' Interactive Shell

See http://ipython.org/videos.html#videos

Invoking IPython with Pylab Switch

ipython --pylab

pylab is "a matplotlib-based Python evnironment"

Used on Raspberry Pi

see ipython_rpi