Slide 7
Slide 7 text
Pros
of
Using
the
iPython
Notebook
– iPython
Notebook
is
interac?ve.
Great
for
data
analysis!
• This
may
not
seem
like
a
big
deal
at
first
if
you
haven’t
done
a
lot
of
data
processing
work,
but
it
is!
• Imagine
the
alterna?ve:
– Edit
the
program
file.
– Run
the
program
and
look
at
the
output
text
in
a
text
editor.
– Repeat
endless
?mes.
– And
how
do
you
visualize
the
data?
Output
to
file
and
click
to
show
on
browser?
– The
iPython
Notebook,
along
with
pandas
and
matplotlib,
provide
a
powerful
combina?on
of
tools
to
itera?vely
examine,
process,
and
visualize
data.