Python and Jupyter: Your Gateway for Learning
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Carol Willing discusses how Python and Jupyter can serve as gateways for learning. She describes her own journey from beginner to core developer, highlighting resources like PyLadies workshops and conferences that helped her learn. Jupyter Notebook is introduced as an interactive computing environment for exploration, analysis and reproducible documents. Examples are given of how Jupyter Notebooks are used in education and scientific domains. The talk concludes by encouraging the audience to get involved and help others on their learning paths.
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- 1. Python and Jupyter: Your Gateway for Learning Carol Willing Python Software Foundation Project Jupyter August 19, 2017 PyCon PL 2017 @carolwilling
- 4. Carol Willing Project Jupyter Steering Council and Developer Cal Poly SLO Software Engineer Python Software Foundation Recent Director CPython Core Developer Fab Lab San Diego Geek in Residence @willingcarol
- 5. 2012 New to Python Confused - pip and virtualenv Python 2 or 3 ??? Beginner @willingcarol
- 6. Intro to Python PyLadies San Diego San Diego Python Django tutorial Learner @willingcarol
- 9. http://blog.djangogirls.org/post/107597215478/your-django-story-meet-carol-willing Coach Most of all, believe in yourself.
- 11. or
- 12. Happiness
- 20. Encouraging contributors to CPython Credit: LWN.netPyCon 2017 Language Summit
- 22. MicroPython, micro:bit, Raspberry Pi Credit: micropython.org Credit: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/helloworld/issues/1 Credit: http://microbit.org/about/
- 23. Web Credit: Two Scoops Press
- 24. “Real world”web http://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2017/keynote-pythoninstragram.html Credits: Instagram, pyvideo.org
- 26. Python’s power in your hand https://pybee.org/project/about/
- 27. Python Community
- 30. Jupyter Notebook A Jupyter Notebook document with a visualization of measles data.
- 31. Jupyter Notebook Interactive Browser-based computing environment Exploratory Science, machine learning, visualization, analysis, stats Reproducible document format Code Narrative text (markdown) Equations (LaTeX) Images, visualizations Over 50 programming languages Everything open-source (BSD license)
- 32. “Jupyter Notebook… will enable data exploration, visualization, and analysis in a way that encourages sound science and speeds progress. -Chris Mentzel The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Enabling reproducible science
- 34. A ten year journey. Optimism and hope for the future.
- 37. Classic Jupyter: More Than Just Notebooks
- 40. Exploration and experimentation Physical media with electronics Real world, self-directed projects Teaching Signal Processing using Wearables and Jupyter Notebooks Dr. Demba Ba http://pyvideo.org/scipy-2016/labs-in-the-wild-teaching-signal-processing-using-wearables-jupyter-notebooks-scipy-2016.html
- 41. Python for Geosciences Dr. Kristen Thyng Communication with students using nbgrader http://kristenthyng.com/blog/2016/09/07/ jupyterhub+nbgrader/ Progression to complex examples https://github.com/kthyng/python4geosciences
- 42. JupyterHub 0.8 Zero to JupyterHub with Kubernetes https://zero-to-jupyterhub.readthedocs.io
- 43. Start with a proven curriculum http://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2013/a-hands-on-introduction-to- python-for-beginning-p.html No time consuming installs Hands on Takeaway notebooks https://github.com/pythonsd/intro-to-python Teaching workshops Intro to Python San Diego Python
- 44. Teaching university students Berkeley Data Science Data8 UC Berkeley http://denero.org/data-8-in-spring-2017.html https://github.com/data-8/jupyterhub-k8s http://data8.org/ http://data.berkeley.edu/ http://data.berkeley.edu/about/videos • Campus wide curriculum • Cross-discipline • Zero to JupyterHub with Kubernetes https://zero-to-jupyterhub.readthedocs.io
- 45. ipywidgets Docs https://ipywidgets.readthedocs.io cookiecutter to simplify creating new widgets Interactive Documentation Engaging User Content Rapid“what if” scenarios http://jupyter.org/widgets.html
- 47. Kernels Output Text EditorTerminal File Browser Notebooks Building Blocks
- 48. Introducing JupyterLab: The Evolution of the Jupyter Notebook The JupyterLab Team Chris Colbert, Continuum Steven Silvester, Continuum Afshin Darian, Continuum Jason Grout, Bloomberg Brian Granger, Cal Poly Grant Nestor, Cal Poly Cameron Oelsen, Cal Poly Fernando Perez, LBNL/Berkeley Ian Rose, Berkeley Cal Poly Interns The Larger Jupyter Team @jupyterlab on GitHub @ProjectJupyter on Twitter
- 49. A Whirlwind Tour of JupyterLab
- 50. New implementation of the notebook
- 51. Collapsible cells and draggable cells
- 52. Collaboration between tools A log in the console of commands executed Explore data in console without messing up your notebook
- 53. Editors Many different editors; preview markdown
- 54. Editor connected to a console Connect to console and Shift-Enter to run code snippet
- 55. Single document mode Shift-Command-Enter to enter single document mode. Similar to classic notebook.
- 56. Extensible “In one night and a couple of dozen lines of code we wrote a Fasta viewer.”
- 57. Becomes a notebook extension With the same code, the Fasta viewer becomes an extension usable in the notebook.
- 58. Datasets, grids, and scale 1.2M rows 200Mb csv file. Excel can’t open. A few seconds to load and then“smooth as butter”when scrolling. Rumor has it that Chris Colbert has a trillion row by column demo too.
- 59. Learn more about JupyterLab http://pyvideo.org/pydata-dc-2016/jupyterlab-building-blocks-for-interactive-computing.html PyData Seattle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHZT_mpNRcY Demo from SciPy 2017: https://youtu.be/X8zPuBu22Y4?t=44m50s
- 60. You create the future Credit: http://pythonineducation.org/
- 61. What will you do? Call to Action
- 62. Call to action • Join PSF and Python in Education • Attend a user group meeting • Participate in a sprint • Give a talk or write a post • Coach at a workshop
- 63. Resources Python Software Foundation PyLadies and DjangoGirls Conferences, Workshops and Sprints pyvideo.org Hello World & Raspberry Pi Foundation Python in Education pythonineducation.org
- 64. Call to action • Join Jupyter mailing lists • Give a talk or write a post • Teach a Carpentry workshop • Contribute to a favorite project • Share your notebooks and Binders
- 65. Resources jupyter.org pyvideo.org jupyter google groups and Gitter try.jupyter.org Trending notebooks on GitHub nbviewer https://github.com/willingc/2017- science-gateways/blob/master/ resources/resources.md
- 66. Came for the language. Stayed for the community. Brett Cannon and Pythonistas around the world Credit: Kushal Das
- 68. Thank you @willingcarol GitHub: willingc try.jupyter.org www.jupyter.org ipython.org numfocus.org python.org Python Software Foundation Python Dev Guide pyladies.org djangogirls.com
- 69. Questions?
- 70. • Kristen Thyng • San Diego Python • Demba Ba • Jeremy Freeman, Binder • Michael Cuthbert, music21 • LIGO • Photo credits on individual slides Attributions and recognition A huge thank you to the Project Jupyter team and community. Your hard work and passion makes this all possible.
- 71. Python and Jupyter: Your Gateway for Learning Carol Willing Former Director Python Software Foundation Steering Council Project Jupyter August 19, 2017 PyCon PL 2017 @carolwilling