Brian Granger and Fernando Perez of the IPython Project

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June 13th, 2015

1 hr 21 mins 48 secs

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Brief Introduction

  • Date of recording – June 3rd, 2015
  • Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti
  • Overview – Interview with Fernando Perez and Brian Granger, core developers of IPython/Project Jupyter
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Interview with Brian Granger and Fernando Perez

  • Introductions
  • How did you get introduced to Python? – Chris
  • For anyone who may not have heard of or used IPython, can you describe what it is?
  • How challenging was it to port IPython to Python 3?


  • What prompted the name change from IPython to Project Jupyter and were there any associated changes in the project itself?

    • Name inspired by Julia, Python and R – the three programming languages of data science


  • Data scientists have adopted the use of IPython notebooks in their work on a large scale, what is it about notebooks that lend themselves to this particular problem domain?


  • IPython Notebook seems like an incredible tool for educators is advanced fields. Have you seen wide spread adoption in this area and is it a focus for the project?


  • Github recently added the ability to render notebooks in a repo. Did you work with them to build that integration?

  • What are some of the most interesting uses of IPython notebooks that you have seen?



  • Are there any notable projects that use IPython as one of their components?



  • Where do you see Project Jupyter going in the future? Are there any particular new features you’d like to see added? – Tobias

    • One of the biggest targeted features is real-time collaboration
      • Prototyped by engineers from Google


    • More modular UI and architecture

    • Multi-user deployments with Jupyter Hub



  • A few weeks ago we interviewed Jonathan Slenders who wrote ptpython, which brings IDE like capabilities to interactive Python. Have you ever considered including this in IPython?

  • What are some of the features that an average user might not know about?

  • Is there anything in particular that you would like to ask our listeners for help with?

    • Pitch in with the development effort
    • Organize community events on behalf of IPython/Jupyter
    • Be patient while documentation improves :)


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