Creating a Notebook

Installation

Install Python and Jupyter using the Anaconda Distribution, which includes Python, the Jupyter Notebook, and other commonly used packages for scientific computing and data science. You can download Anaconda’s latest Python3 version. Now, install the downloaded version of Anaconda. Installing Jupyter Notebook using pip:...

Starting Jupyter Notebook

To start the jupyter notebook, type the below command in the terminal....

Creating a Notebook

To create a new notebook, click on the new button at the top right corner. Click it to open a drop-down list and then if you’ll click on Python3, it will open a new notebook. The web page should look like this:...

Hello World in Jupyter Notebook

After successfully installing and creating a notebook in Jupyter Notebook, let’s see how to write code in it. Jupyter notebook provides a cell for writing code in it. The type of code depends on the type of notebook you created. For example, if you created a Python3 notebook then you can write Python3 code in the cell. Now, let’s add the following code –...

Cells in Jupyter Notebook

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Kernel

Cells can be considered as the body of the Jupyter. In the above screenshot, the box with the green outline is a cell. There are 3 types of cell:...

Naming the notebook

A kernel runs behind every notebook. Whenever a cell is executed, the code inside the cell is executed within the kernel and the output is returned back to the cell to be displayed. The kernel continues to exist to the document as a whole and not for individual cells. For example, if a module is imported in one cell then, that module will be available for the whole document. See the below example for better understanding. Example: Note: The order of execution of each cell is stated to the left of the cell. In the above example, the cell with In[1] is executed first then the cell with In[2] is executed. Options for kernels: Jupyter Notebook provides various options for kernels. This can be useful if you want to reset things. The options are:...

Notebook Extensions

When the notebook is created, Jupyter Notebook names the notebook as Untitled as default. However, the notebook can be renamed. To rename the notebook just click on the word Untitled. This will prompt a dialogue box titled Rename Notebook. Enter the valid name for your notebook in the text bar, then click ok....