After dinking around with getting iPython notebooks to work without trouble on my linux laptop, I've finally hit the limit of my patience for the sluggishness and foppish foofery of iPython notebooks. I tried to revert to my old gedit + Dreampie combination, but having been spoiled by executing code inline, I looked around for other alternatives. And found an amazing option:
IEP
The features I like include
- syntax highlighting and the simple, uncluttered interface
- organized file structure for projects
- easy integration with matplotlib (and not having to switch back and forth with %pylab tags to make code run on different machines)
- being able to run selected code snippets with just Alt + Enter !
One word for it. Liberating!
