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Re: Pluto.jl – a reactive, lightweight, simple notebook

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Post by ScottPJones » Tue, Sep 01, 2020, 7:39 PM UTC

levesque wrote: post #55

3JPLW wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It completely fixes a huge number of the gripes in the JupyterCon talk I don't like notebooks by Joel Grus. The primary complaint there is that notebooks have a disconnect between the state of the program and the display of the cells. By using a completely reactive mode the state is no longer hidden. It's more akin to a spreadsheet than a notebook. A number of other complaints are completely circumvented by using a f…

Now we just need to port all this over to python... or switch to Julia? Which one would take the least amount of effort?

You'll also save a lot of effort in future endeavors, IMO. Remember, once you've switched to Julia, Python is still only a `using PyCall` and `pyimport` away!

Re: Pluto.jl – a reactive, lightweight, simple notebook

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Post by ScottPJones » Tue, Sep 01, 2020, 7:43 PM UTC

jakobnissen wrote: post #21

I've switched from Jupyter to Pluto recently. Here's a few experiences with it. * The fact that I can actually use the source files later because they're just Julia files is incredibly useful. I often copy-paste from them into actual REPL-code, and sometimes I just polish the notebook until its source becomes usable as a command-line tool. * I like the reactive notebook concept. It does really help with bugs * Pluto…

I've also switched to using Pluto, shortly after seeing the presentation during JuliaCon. It is still rough around the edges, but I've found it a lot easier to deal with than Jupyter, quite frankly.

Re: Pluto.jl – a reactive, lightweight, simple notebook

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Post by ScottPJones » Thu, Sep 03, 2020, 8:43 PM UTC

One thing that is pretty great about Pluto.jl, is how responsive the author is (Fons van der Plas, or @fonsp on GitHub). I've been able to get great suggestions from him (as well as the fast growing community of Pluto users) on Zulip discussion group for Julia (https://julialang.zulipchat.com)