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having said that when i see Jupyter notebook I close the tab and do not continue
theres just a sense of dread that I can't explain...perhaps its PTSD from data structure/algorithm comp sci courses that i never completed.
I've never been a fan of notebooks, it always felt like a strange way to run my code. What's the real advantage over creating scripts? If I want my code to run somewhere I would need to notebook architecture or just turn it into a normal script anyhow
I think people may be misusing notebooks. They aren't there to develop software but serve as virtual versions of scientific notebooks (hence the name). They are there to conduct experiments (changing parameters and the like in your code) and to record and plot the results. You don't have to develop the software itself in the notebook.
I can change parameters in a script. What's the advantage?
I think people may be misusing notebooks. They aren't there to develop software but serve as virtual versions of scientific notebooks (hence the name). They are there to conduct experiments (changing parameters and the like in your code) and to record and plot the results. You don't have to develop the software itself in the notebook.
I can change parameters in a script. What's the advantage?
Edit: jinx!
Some of the worst code I've seen in my life lives in Jupyter notebooks. But that's fine, it's meant to be throwaway code. The problem is a lot of places/people do not use it as such .
On the other hand, it accomplishes a goal other than getting a programmer paid. So in one important sense is objectively better than probably 80% of the code I've seen people paid to write, no matter how nicely it was constructed.
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I can change parameters in a script. What's the advantage?
You can't embed graphs in a script, and plotting is an important part of systematic research. Also, it is easier to have an obvious sequential set of experiments over months in a notebook rather than a bunch of scripts. It's the same reason scientists use lab notebooks to keep track of things rather than just a bunch of loose papers.
Most code in jupyter notebook is bad, but that's fine, because nobody should waste time doing that unless they must reproduce the results or they are sharing the notebook with others.
Notable example of high quality notebook: https://youtu.be/zduSFxRajkE