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1 1 .. _introduction:
2 2
3 3 =====================
4 4 IPython Documentation
5 5 =====================
6 6
7 7 .. htmlonly::
8 8
9 9 :Release: |release|
10 10 :Date: |today|
11 11
12 12 Welcome to the official IPython documentation
13 13
14 14 IPython provides a rich toolkit to help you make the most out of using Python
15 15 interactively. Its main components are:
16 16
17 17 * A powerful interactive Python shell
18 18
19 19 * A `Jupyter <http://jupyter.org/>`_ kernel to work with Python code in Jupyter
20 20 notebooks and other interactive frontends.
21 21
22 22 The enhanced interactive Python shells and kernel have the following main
23 23 features:
24 24
25 25 * Comprehensive object introspection.
26 26
27 27 * Input history, persistent across sessions.
28 28
29 29 * Caching of output results during a session with automatically generated
30 30 references.
31 31
32 32 * Extensible tab completion, with support by default for completion of python
33 33 variables and keywords, filenames and function keywords.
34 34
35 35 * Extensible system of 'magic' commands for controlling the environment and
36 36 performing many tasks related either to IPython or the operating system.
37 37
38 38 * A rich configuration system with easy switching between different setups
39 39 (simpler than changing $PYTHONSTARTUP environment variables every time).
40 40
41 41 * Session logging and reloading.
42 42
43 43 * Extensible syntax processing for special purpose situations.
44 44
45 45 * Access to the system shell with user-extensible alias system.
46 46
47 47 * Easily embeddable in other Python programs and GUIs.
48 48
49 49 * Integrated access to the pdb debugger and the Python profiler.
50 50
51 51
52 The Command line interface inherit all the above functionality and posses
52 The Command line interface inherits all the above functionality and posses
53 53
54 54 * real multi-line editing.
55 55
56 56 * syntax highlighting as you type
57 57
58 58 * integration with command line editor for a better workflow.
59 59
60 60 The kernel also have its share of feature, when used with a compatible frontend
61 61 it allows for:
62 62
63 63 * rich display system for object allowing to display Html, Images, Latex,Sounds
64 64 Video.
65 65
66 66 * interactive widgets with the use of the ``ipywidgets`` package.
67 67
68 68
69 69 This documentation will walk through most of the features of the IPython
70 70 command line and kernel, as well as describe the internals mechanisms in order
71 71 to improve your Python workflow.
72 72
73 73 You can always find the table of content for this documentation in the left
74 74 sidebar, allowing you to come back on previous section if needed, or skip ahead.
75 75
76 76
77 77 The latest development version is always available from IPython's `GitHub
78 78 repository <http://github.com/ipython/ipython>`_.
79 79
80 80
81 81
82 82
83 83 .. toctree::
84 84 :maxdepth: 1
85 85 :hidden:
86 86
87 87 self
88 88 overview
89 89 whatsnew/index
90 90 install/index
91 91 interactive/index
92 92 config/index
93 93 development/index
94 94 coredev/index
95 95 api/index
96 96 about/index
97 97
98 98 .. seealso::
99 99
100 100 `Jupyter documentation <http://jupyter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__
101 101 The Notebook code and many other pieces formerly in IPython are now parts
102 102 of Project Jupyter.
103 103 `ipyparallel documentation <http://ipyparallel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__
104 104 Formerly ``IPython.parallel``.
105 105
106 106
107 107 .. htmlonly::
108 108 * :ref:`genindex`
109 109 * :ref:`modindex`
110 110 * :ref:`search`
111 111
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