Hannes Bretschneider

ipythonjupyternotebooksdata-scienceslideshows

Abstraction: IPython nbconvert enables reproducible interactive notebooks as published slideshows

Key points:

IPython 1.0 introduced nbconvert, converting notebooks to HTML, LaTeX, Markdown, or Reveal.js browser slideshows
Notebooks store code, outputs, and figures in a single plain-text file suitable for version control
Supports Python, R, Octave, and (soon Julia) via IPython magic commands in a unified interface
Code cells can be hidden from HTML/slideshow output using JavaScript to remove the #input CSS class; author released ipy_hide_input CLI tool for this
Key milestone: scientists can run interactive analysis and export a publishable document in one workflow without duplicating work

Connections: Ipython · Jupyter · Scientific Computing · Reproducible Research · Literate Programming