IPython 0.11 - Innovation in iPython

http://stronginference.com/weblog/2011/7/15/innovations-in-ipython.html

by bruth • 15 years ago

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ntoshev• 15 years ago

Other good Python consoles are DreamPie and bpython.

DrJ• 15 years ago

I switch between DreamPie and IPython regularly (depends on which shortcut I press).

wulczer• 15 years ago

We used IPython's parallel processing features at (first (take-right jobs 2)) for load testing. One machine would run ipcluster and people who were not doing CPU or network intensive tasks would fire up ipengine that connected to the ipcluster box.

By doing that they would volunteer their machines to the cluster pounding away at the big server that was being tested.

EDIT: fix my Scheme

bryanwb• 15 years ago

Python isn't my favorite language but IPython is by far my favorite REPL. Keep up the great work IPython team!

mattdeboard3• 15 years ago

I'm always surprised when people poo-poo iPython. This is especially prevalent in #python.

I've used REPLs for a handful of languages and without a doubt, iPython is the best interactive shell available for any language that I have ever used, apart from slime-repl mode in emacs, though that is somewhat a different animal. iPython is ridiculously flexible and full-featured, and one of the few code-editing tools I can use that doesn't instantly make me miss emacs.

I will say that Haskell's shell (the name of which I can't recall) is pretty great but IMO doesn't touch iPython.

edit: Oh, far and away the best improvement to iPython 0.11 is instant exit() :P No more:

>> exit() Are you sure? ([y]/n)

o1iver• 15 years ago

haskell: ghci

mattdeboard3• 15 years ago

Oh right, the name I was trying hard to remember was the wrong one, the ghci's package management, Cabal, which is awesome. I'd love to have something like that in ipython just for the gee-whiz factor.

mattdeboard3• 15 years ago

Well, I will have to poo-poo iPython and say that it is not ready for use with Django yet. `manage.py shell` breaks if ipython 0.11 is installed.

Fixes are here: http://wiki.ipython.org/0.11-Migration

IPython 0.11 - Innovation in iPython

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