examples/Notebook/Frontend-Kernel Model.ipynb

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      "The Frontend/Kernel Model"
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      "The traditional IPython (`ipython`) consists of a single process that combines a terminal based UI with the process that runs the users code.\n",
      "\n",
      "While this traditional application still exists, the modern IPython consists of two processes:\n",
      "\n",
      "* Kernel: this is the process that runs the users code.\n",
      "* Frontend: this is the process that provides the user interface where the user types code and sees results.\n",
      "\n",
      "IPython currently has 3 frontends:\n",
      "\n",
      "* Terminal Console (`ipython console`)\n",
      "* Qt Console (`ipython qtconsole`)\n",
      "* Notebook (`ipython notebook`)\n",
      "\n",
      "The Kernel and Frontend communicate over a ZeroMQ/JSON based messaging protocol, which allows multiple Frontends (even of different types) to communicate with a single Kernel. This opens the door for all sorts of interesting things, such as connecting a Console or Qt Console to a Notebook's Kernel.  For example, you may want to connect a Qt console to your Notebook's Kernel and use it as a help\n",
      "browser, calling `??` on objects in the Qt console (whose pager is more flexible than the\n",
      "one in the notebook).  \n",
      "\n",
      "This Notebook describes how you would connect another Frontend to a Kernel that is associated with a Notebook."
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      "Manual connection"
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      "To connect another Frontend to a Kernel manually, you first need to find out the connection information for the Kernel using the `%connect_info` magic:"
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      "%connect_info"
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        "{\n",
        "  \"stdin_port\": 52858, \n",
        "  \"ip\": \"127.0.0.1\", \n",
        "  \"hb_port\": 52859, \n",
        "  \"key\": \"7efd45ca-d8a2-41b0-9cea-d9116d0fb883\", \n",
        "  \"shell_port\": 52856, \n",
        "  \"iopub_port\": 52857\n",
        "}\n",
        "\n",
        "Paste the above JSON into a file, and connect with:\n",
        "    $> ipython <app> --existing <file>\n",
        "or, if you are local, you can connect with just:\n",
        "    $> ipython <app> --existing kernel-b3bac7c1-8b2c-4536-8082-8d1df24f99ac.json \n",
        "or even just:\n",
        "    $> ipython <app> --existing \n",
        "if this is the most recent IPython session you have started.\n"
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      "You can see that this magic displays everything you need to connect to this Notebook's Kernel."
     ]
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     "source": [
      "Automatic connection using a new Qt Console"
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      "You can also start a new Qt Console connected to your current Kernel by using the `%qtconsole` magic. This will detect the necessary connection\n",
      "information and start the Qt Console for you automatically."
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     "input": [
      "a = 10"
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     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
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      "%qtconsole"
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     "source": [
      "The kernel's `raw_input` and `%debug`"
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     "metadata": {},
     "source": [
      "The Notebook has added support for `raw_input` and `%debug`, as of 1.0."
     ]
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     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "# Python 3 compat\n",
      "import sys\n",
      "if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:\n",
      "    raw_input = input"
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     "metadata": {},
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     "prompt_number": 1
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     "input": [
      "name = raw_input(\"What is your name? \")\n",
      "name"
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       "text": [
        "What is your name? Sir Robin\n"
       ]
      },
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       "metadata": {},
       "output_type": "pyout",
       "prompt_number": 2,
       "text": [
        "'Sir Robin'"
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      "**Python 2-only**: the eval input works as well (`input` is just `eval(raw_input(prompt))`)"
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     "input": [
      "fingers = input(\"How many fingers? \")\n",
      "fingers, type(fingers)"
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       "text": [
        "How many fingers? 4\n"
       ]
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       "output_type": "pyout",
       "prompt_number": 3,
       "text": [
        "(4, int)"
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     "input": [
      "def div(x, y):\n",
      "    return x/y\n",
      "\n",
      "div(1,0)"
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       "ename": "ZeroDivisionError",
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        "\u001b[1;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;31mZeroDivisionError\u001b[0m                         Traceback (most recent call last)",
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        "\u001b[1;32m<ipython-input-4-a5097cc0c0c5>\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36mdiv\u001b[1;34m(x, y)\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m      1\u001b[0m \u001b[1;32mdef\u001b[0m \u001b[0mdiv\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0mx\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0my\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m)\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m:\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m----> 2\u001b[1;33m     \u001b[1;32mreturn\u001b[0m \u001b[0mx\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m/\u001b[0m\u001b[0my\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m\u001b[0;32m      3\u001b[0m \u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m      4\u001b[0m \u001b[0mdiv\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m(\u001b[0m\u001b[1;36m1\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m,\u001b[0m\u001b[1;36m0\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m)\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n",
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        "> \u001b[1;32m<ipython-input-4-a5097cc0c0c5>\u001b[0m(2)\u001b[0;36mdiv\u001b[1;34m()\u001b[0m\n",
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