[IPython-dev] Announcing IPython for iPad

[Karl Traunmüller]

[Sorry if this announcement doesn’t belong to this mailing list, but I thought it might be of interest to some of you.]

Dear IPython community,

I would like to announce the upcoming release of my “IPython for iPad” app, Computable. Find the (preliminary) product page here: http://computableapp.com

Computable comes with a complete SciPy stack consisting of:
- numpy 1.8.0
- scipy 0.13.2
- sympy 0.7.5
- pandas 0.13.1
- matplotlib 1.3.1
- IPython 1.2.0, 
running on Python 2.7.1.

Due to my release schedule, I could not get all software packages to their lastest versions (e.g., IPython 2.1, SciPy 1.4). These will be updated gradually after the initial release. More packages (e.g., seaborn, scikit learn) are planned for future releases, but for the initial release, I had to limit scope to the core stack.

TeX and LaTeX rendering is supported through MathJax. Matplotlib support for Retina iPads is included.

The app comes with a bunch of example notebooks, most notably Prof. Lorena A. Barba’s lecture notes on fluid dynamics and aerodynamics. These highly polished notebooks look gorgeous on a Retina iPad.

I have tested the app with a wide range of notebooks, and things seem to work well so far. However, I expect a substantial number of issues to surface during beta testing, because of the sheer size and complexity of the bundled software. Thus, I am looking for IPython power users that exercise the app with their favorite notebooks and software packages :)

If you would like to join the beta, please drop me a line at beta at computableapp.com. I will then send you detailed instructions on how to install beta builds, report bugs, etc. As a small thank-you for your efforts, every tester will get a free copy once the app is released (I’m aiming for early July).

System Requirements:
- iOS 7 or higher
- iPad 2 or newer (although good performance probably only on A7 devices, e.g. iPad Air)
- The installer bundle (.ipa) currently has around 55MB

kind regards,

Karl Traunmüller
Indie Mac & iOS developer from Linz, Austria