Jupyter Notebooks

Overview

Teaching: 20 min
Exercises: 0 min

Questions

• How do I use a jupyter notebook?

Objectives

• Start a jupyter notebook from the terminal.

• Use a jupyter notebook to run Python code.

Jupyter Notebooks

If you plan to write code in Python or use Python-based software, you need to use some type of python interpreter. One option is to use a Jupyter notebook. A Jupyter notebook is a python interpreter that lets you combine text, code, and images all in one file. Jupyter notebook is installed automatically if you installed the full Anaconda package.

To start a Jupyter notebook, in the Terminal window, type

$ jupyter notebook

It may take a few seconds to load the page, especially if it is the first time you have ever used the Jupyter notebook, so don’t panic if nothing loads for a few seconds. Then a new window should open in your default internet browser. In the upper right hand corner, click New, then choose Python 3 from the dropdown list (shown below) and this will start a new Jupyter notebook using Python 3.

• Using Jupyter notebooks

Key Points

• A Jupyter notebook is a python interpreter that lets you combine text, code, and images in one file.