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'''Disclaimer: the following describes is an experimental setup at SciNet running on good, but out-of-warrantee hardware.* | '''Disclaimer: the following describes is an experimental setup at SciNet running on good, but out-of-warrantee hardware.* | ||
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* The browser should now show the files in your $HOME on SciNet. (If not, try reloading the page, it may have timed out). | * The browser should now show the files in your $HOME on SciNet. (If not, try reloading the page, it may have timed out). | ||
* You can open or create Python 2, Python 3, and R notebooks. | * You can open or create Python 2, Python 3, and R notebooks. | ||
+ | * Large number of python packages preinstalled. | ||
[[File:jupyterscreen3.png]] | [[File:jupyterscreen3.png]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Tips to get started=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Jupyter can also browse your (SciNet) files and edit them. | ||
+ | * Use the 'new' button to create a new python notebook. | ||
+ | * Give your notebooks reasonable names. | ||
+ | * To execute a python input line, press `Shift-Enter`. | ||
+ | * Save your work periodically (even though there is autosave). | ||
+ | * To work similarly to `ipython --pylab`, do: | ||
+ | |||
+ | In [1]: from pylab import * | ||
+ | %matplotlib notebook | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Advantages and Disadvantages of a Notebook Environment=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Drawbacks: | ||
+ | * Notebook files (.ipynb) are not scripts. | ||
+ | * Does not (always) work well with version control. | ||
+ | * Designed to run in browser. | ||
+ | * Graphics is inline, which is great for quick exploration but make tweaking a plot harder (IPython+X works better for this). | ||
+ | * You can jump around in the notebook, and execute different parts: hard to keep track of what you did. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Advantages: | ||
+ | * You can jump around in the notebook, and execute different parts: Easier exploration, experimentation and debugging. | ||
+ | * Auto-save | ||
+ | * You can rerun parts of your code (while, e.g., keeping large data in memory) | ||
+ | * You can add text portions, making your notebook more like an article. | ||
+ | * Which in turn can be useful for sharing, demos, teaching, ... | ||
+ | * You can still export as a script. | ||
+ | * Also has a terminal. |
Revision as of 15:49, 10 April 2017
Disclaimer: the following describes is an experimental setup at SciNet running on good, but out-of-warrantee hardware.*
- Two jupyterhub servers, each with 128 GB of memory and 16 cores.
- Access using an ssh tunnel via login.scinet.utoronto.ca:
$ ssh USER@login.scinet.utoronto.ca -L8888:jupyterhub:8000 -N -f
- This will select (round-robin) one of the two jupyterhub servers.
- Point your browser to 'localhost:8888' and log in with your SciNet account.
- The browser should now show the files in your $HOME on SciNet. (If not, try reloading the page, it may have timed out).
- You can open or create Python 2, Python 3, and R notebooks.
- Large number of python packages preinstalled.
Tips to get started
- Jupyter can also browse your (SciNet) files and edit them.
- Use the 'new' button to create a new python notebook.
- Give your notebooks reasonable names.
- To execute a python input line, press `Shift-Enter`.
- Save your work periodically (even though there is autosave).
- To work similarly to `ipython --pylab`, do:
In [1]: from pylab import * %matplotlib notebook
Advantages and Disadvantages of a Notebook Environment
Drawbacks:
- Notebook files (.ipynb) are not scripts.
- Does not (always) work well with version control.
- Designed to run in browser.
- Graphics is inline, which is great for quick exploration but make tweaking a plot harder (IPython+X works better for this).
- You can jump around in the notebook, and execute different parts: hard to keep track of what you did.
Advantages:
- You can jump around in the notebook, and execute different parts: Easier exploration, experimentation and debugging.
- Auto-save
- You can rerun parts of your code (while, e.g., keeping large data in memory)
- You can add text portions, making your notebook more like an article.
- Which in turn can be useful for sharing, demos, teaching, ...
- You can still export as a script.
- Also has a terminal.