[IPython-dev] Developing a MOOC with IPython notebooks

Tue Dec 23 11:57:38 EST 2014

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Anton Akhmerov
<anton.akhmerov at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 5:48 PM, William Stein <wstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I removed the pip version and installed Kwant system-wide using the
>> Ubuntu Packages suggested at http://kwant-project.org/install
>>
>> Now kwant works fine without the UMFPACK warning.
>
> Perfect, this means that also MUMPS is installed through the Ubuntu
> repos (it's actually indeed public domain, they just want to collect
> user emails).
> Sadly Umfpack in Scipy is now gone due to software rot and GPL <->
> Python world incompatibility.
>
> Thanks a lot for providing Kwant in SMC. This makes SMC really useful
> both for the Kwant team and the MOOC I'm organizing.

You're very welcome.  Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any
additional SMC-related needs!

 -- William

>
> Anton
>
>>  --  William
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Unfortunately it also requires the MUMPS linear algebra package, so
>>>> overall the installation process would be somewhat involved I imagine.
>>>>
>>>> Do you know if we would be able to set it up, so that the course users
>>>> wouldn't have a need to install Kwant separately?
>>>
>>> Regarding kwant -- done!
>>>
>>> Regarding MUMPS, is that this somewhat strange seeming "public-domain"
>>> library, where you fill out a form and get an email link?
>>>
>>>     http://mumps.enseeiht.fr/index.php?page=dwnld#license
>>>
>>> Anyway, my model with SMC is to pre-install a very wide range of
>>> packages, available for everybody, motivated by what people need.    I
>>> have a script [1] that installs everything into a custom Python
>>> install (=Sage), each time I upgrade to a new version (though I leave
>>> the old versions in case people need them).
>>>
>>>> Some extra questions: Is it possible use single cell servers with
>>>> custom code pre-executed?
>>>>  Is it possible to embed those in an IFrame?
>>>
>>> I don't know -- I've cc'd Andrey and Jason, the single cell server
>>> devs, and the sage-cell mailng list.
>>>
>>> [1] https://github.com/sagemath/cloud/blob/master/build.py
>>>
>>> William
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Anton
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Andrew Odewahn <odewahn at oreilly.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi, Anton.  I've been working on something along a similar line: running a
>>>>>> Notebook kernel in a Docker container via tmpnb and then connecting to it
>>>>>> via a widget.  This presentation has some of the details:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://odewahn.github.io/publishing-workflows-for-jupyter/#1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Like Cyrille Rossant's work, it's still very experimental, but I've been
>>>>>> pleased with the results so far.  The biggest issues have been around
>>>>>> getting it running for version 2 of the Notebook (currently it only works
>>>>>> for version 1) and getting the CORS headers set up for tmpnb.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ps -- here are a few examples of the output.  (It only works in Chrome right
>>>>>> now due to the CORS issues):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://sites.oreilly.com/odewahn/ipython-tutorial2/ch01.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://sites.oreilly.com/odewahn/jem-test/ch01.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Cyrille Rossant
>>>>>> <cyrille.rossant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Anton,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > * What are the best practices for keeping notebooks in git? We've
>>>>>>> > found nbdiff, but it seems limited: for example it doesn't do anything
>>>>>>> > to diff markdown cells. Is there a better way?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am currently working on a solution that basically replaces JSON
>>>>>>> .ipynb by regular Markdown .md. You loose all metadata and outputs,
>>>>>>> but you keep Markdown cells and the input of code cells. It is still
>>>>>>> highly experimental and unstable, you'll find the code here:
>>>>>>> https://github.com/rossant/ipymd/tree/support-atlas -- let me know if
>>>>>>> you're interested in trying it out or contributing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > * What are the current options for creating rich graphic content that
>>>>>>> > doesn't rely on having a live kernel? I know of mpld3, ipywidgets, and
>>>>>>> > bokeh. For us ipywidgets seem like the best solution so far, but it's
>>>>>>> > a pet project of Jake Vanderplas that didn't see any action in around
>>>>>>> > half a year. So I wonder if there is anything more alive in that
>>>>>>> > respect, that'd be great. Perhaps in v3?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm also very interested in this use case, but as far as I know
>>>>>>> there's nothing ready yet... We plan to support this in VisPy, but we
>>>>>>> haven't started to work on it yet.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I suppose you could work something out based on tmpnb.org -- you get a
>>>>>>> temporary live kernel in the cloud launched just for you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cyrille
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