{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "a35eeb9f-df70-4ab1-a243-2d2025888eb0", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Introduction to the JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebooks\n", "\n", "This is a short introduction to two of the flagship tools created by\n", "[the Jupyter Community](https://jupyter.org).\n", "\n", "> **Note**: This interface is provided by the\n", "> [JupyterLite project](https://jupyterlite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), which embeds an\n", "> entire JupyterLab interface, with many popular packages for scientific computing, in\n", "> your browser. There may be some minor differences in behavior between JupyterLite and\n", "> the JupyterLab you install locally.\n", "\n", "## JupyterLab ๐Ÿงช\n", "\n", "**JupyterLab** is a next-generation web-based user interface for Project Jupyter. It\n", "enables you to work with documents and activities such as Jupyter notebooks, text\n", "editors, terminals, and custom components in a flexible, integrated, and extensible\n", "manner. It is the interface that you're looking at right now.\n", "\n", "**For an overview of the JupyterLab interface**, see the **JupyterLab Welcome Tour** on\n", "this page, by going to `Help -> Welcome Tour` and following the prompts.\n", "\n", "> **See Also**: For a more in-depth tour of JupyterLab with a full environment that runs\n", "> in the cloud, see\n", "> [the JupyterLab introduction on Binder](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/jupyterlab/jupyterlab-demo/HEAD?urlpath=lab/tree/demo).\n", "\n", "## Jupyter Notebooks ๐Ÿ““\n", "\n", "**Jupyter Notebooks** are a community standard for communicating and performing\n", "interactive computing. They are a document that blends computations, outputs,\n", "explanatory text, mathematics, images, and rich media representations of objects.\n", "\n", "JupyterLab is one interface used to create and interact with Jupyter Notebooks.\n", "\n", "**For an overview of Jupyter Notebooks**, see the **JupyterLab Welcome Tour** on this\n", "page, by going to `Help -> Notebook Tour` and following the prompts.\n", "\n", "> **See Also**: For a more in-depth tour of Jupyter Notebooks and the Classic Jupyter\n", "> Notebook interface, see\n", "> [the Jupyter Notebook IPython tutorial on Binder](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/ipython/ipython-in-depth/HEAD?urlpath=tree/binder/Index.ipynb).\n", "\n", "## An example: visualizing data in the notebook โœจ\n", "\n", "Below is an example of a code cell. We'll visualize some simple data using two popular\n", "packages in Python. We'll use [NumPy](https://numpy.org/) to create some random data,\n", "and [Matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org) to visualize it.\n", "\n", "Note how the code and the results of running the code are bundled together." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "fe55883a-6887-43dd-9498-5333a51799e2", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from matplotlib import pyplot as plt\n", "import numpy as np\n", "\n", "# Generate 100 random data points along 3 dimensions\n", "x, y, scale = np.random.randn(3, 100)\n", "fig, ax = plt.subplots()\n", "\n", "# Map each onto a scatterplot we'll create with Matplotlib\n", "ax.scatter(x=x, y=y, c=scale, s=np.abs(scale) * 500)\n", "ax.set(title=\"Some random data, created with JupyterLab!\")\n", "plt.show()" ] }, { "attachments": {}, "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "b9670d85-ef29-4dfd-b4b5-e76d279c1f1a", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Next steps ๐Ÿƒ\n", "\n", "This is just a short introduction to JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebooks. This\n", "demonstration contains a lot more that you can play around with. Here are some pointers\n", "to help you take the next step. Each of the items below corresponds to a file or folder\n", "in the **file browser to the left**.\n", "\n", "- [python.ipynb](python.ipynb) is a Jupyter Notebook that shows off some basic Python\n", " functionality, including more visualizations, data structures, and scientific\n", " computing libraries.\n", "- `pyodide/` is a folder that contains several Jupyter Notebooks that highlight many\n", " more things that you can do in JupyterLab / JupyterLite. Explore them for inspiration\n", " about what you'd like to do next.\n", "- [p5.ipynb](p5.ipynb) is a Jupyter Notebook that shows off computing with\n", " [the p5 platform](https://github.com/processing/p5.js/), which allows you to build\n", " visual experiences with Javascript.\n", "- [javascript.ipynb](javascript.ipynb) is a Jupyter Notebook that shows off how you can\n", " run Javascript code within an ipynb file." ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python (Pyodide)", "language": "python", "name": "python" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "python", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.8" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 5 }