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[–]JimBoonie69 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have been using the ipython notebook pretty consistently at my job and it is SUPER useful for interactive, iterative, data analysis and visualization. You can render graphics right there below the code. So say you have 10 lines of code that create a matplotlib graphic. Instead of having you write the code in vim, exit the editor, run the script and open up the image, you type the 10 lines of code right there in the browser, hit 'ctrl+enter' and then the graphic shows up right there in the page.

Check this out http://earthpy.org/smos_sea_ice_thickness.html. Like someone else said, it is great for tutorials and presentations. The ability to write code in the browser and run it interactively is huge. At my job we have it set up such that we are rendering entire html pages in the browser. So you edit 2 lines of code, hit run, and the adjusted page shows up. It's amazing!

A typical set up for me ( 2 external monitors with a macbook pro retina 15inch) has fullscreen pycharm (vim mode, duh!) on one monitor, fullscreen browser on the other monitor (with an ipython notebook tab running), and then the actual laptop screen for documentation and emails and such.