IPython 3.0 released

This is the last release of iPython which will be called Jupyter Julia, Python and R name mash up) to show the kernel agnostic nature of the product. iPython will only refer to the Python specific parts AKA the interactive python kernel and a few other pieces. You can run iPython&#x2F;Jupyter with over 30 different kernels. My favorite is R and Haskell. <a href="https://github.com/ipython/ipython/wiki/IPython%20kernels%20for%20other%20languages" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ipython&#x2F;ipython&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;IPython%20kernels%20...</a>

That &quot;whatsnew&quot; page doesn&#x27;t mention it, but IPython 3.0 adds official PyQt5 support for IPython event loop integration (ie, time slicing so the text console with local kernel remains responsive) and PyQt5 support for Qt console. Spyder recently merged in PyQt5 support as well, and Matplotlib has it, too. We&#x27;re getting to the point where everyday IPython users can finally move over to PyQt5.

So I was super excited when IPython started rolling widgets into itself - I thought I would be using them a lot. But turns out that I just ended up using one pattern (slider + matplotlib to cycle through dataset visualizations). What I&#x27;ve found is that googling for IPython widget documentation or tutorials is just... really difficult. There&#x27;s stuff from a lot of eras, and it&#x27;s often quite tricky to figure out exactly what the<p>I&#x27;m pretty certain its just my poor google-fu in this case, but does anyone have a particularly good&#x2F;authoritative 2.x (or 3.x if those even exist yet) tutorial or guide to follow?

I am in the middle of IPython Cookbook (<a href="http://ipython-books.github.io/cookbook/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ipython-books.github.io&#x2F;cookbook&#x2F;</a>), which I enjoy a lot.<p>I wanted to ask which things gets outdated, but it seems that the author tries keep it up to date (<a href="https://github.com/ipython-books/cookbook-code/issues/17" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ipython-books&#x2F;cookbook-code&#x2F;issues&#x2F;17</a>).

The turtle widget [1] looks exactly like what I was looking for. It can be used to teach Python programming to kids within an IPython notebook.<p>[1]: <a href="https://github.com/takluyver/mobilechelonian/tree/require-widgets" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;takluyver&#x2F;mobilechelonian&#x2F;tree&#x2F;require-wi...</a>

I&#x27;m really excited about the interactive widgets. I&#x27;ve been curious about the idea of creating a spreadsheet widget to provide excel-like functionality in Jypyter.

Go to try.jupyter.org to give it a spin.

I&#x27;m really excited about IPython as a tool for MOOCs. For example check out this ComputerVision class: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1186001332/pyimagesearch-gurus-become-a-computer-vision-openc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kickstarter.com&#x2F;projects&#x2F;1186001332&#x2F;pyimagesearc...</a><p>Ultimately, instead of thousands of going thru the same material, I think small groups could break out and build an independent project in Ipython as it documents the results and source in one place.

Such an awesome tool for my day to day work. I&#x27;m so lucky that I have a job where I can send these between myself and my GM.

Anyone know how long it typically takes Anaconda to package up new ipython releases?

this is really cool. I love the ipython notebook model of dev...and splitting apart those features from languages is a good idea