Jupyter/IPython Notebook Quick Start Guide

This document is a brief step-by-step tutorial on installing and running Jupyter (IPython) notebooks on local computer for new users who have no familiarity with python.

Briefly, if someone gave you a notebook to run and you don’t know what a notebook is, this document is for you.

Jupyter Notebook App (formerly IPython Notebook) is an application running inside the browser. This guide describes how to install and use Jupyter Notebook App as normal desktop application, without using any remote server.

For other use-cases, please refer to the Official Jupyter Documentation.

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