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Re:Norvig's Python programs to practice or demonstrate skills by emj on Monday November 27, 2017 @07:17PM (#15793095)
Yes this is a problem when the notebooks grow, but where do you draw the line, the work flow Jupyter uses is perfect for exploratory coding, but it gets complicated quickly
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Re:Norvig's Python programs to practice or demonstrate skills by Myrmornis on Monday November 27, 2017 @07:42PM (#15793233)
Yes, to be honest I do much more programming than exploratory data analysis currently. FWIW, here's how I use it when I want to use Jupyter:

- Write all my python code in .py files as usual.

- The Jupyter notebook contains calls to functions generating graphical/HTML/etc output, nothing else.

- Either use one of the various `reload*` functionalities to update the state of the persistent python process, or use `ipython console --existing` to create a conventional ipython shell sharing the same kernel as Jupyter and evaluate code in there.

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