Literate programming is now a reality through nbdev and the new visual debugger for Jupyter. — Notebooks have always been a tool for incremental development of software ideas. Data scientists use Jupyter to journal their work, explore and experiment with novel algorithms, quickly sketch new approaches and immediately observe the outcomes. However, when the time is ripe, software developers turn to classical IDEs (Integrated Development Environment)…

Turn your Windows machine into a developer workstation with WSL 2. — I used to have an Apple laptop as my daily driver. I could do almost everything there; development, proposal writing, music composition etc. …

Discover the mechanics behind Kubernetes authentication and learn how it ensures secure access to your cluster. — Kubernetes is the most popular open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. To make every operation easier, Kubernetes provides a CLI tool called kubectl. Using this tool, as a user, you can communicate with the API server and express the state you want your system to…

Is GPT-4 the next big step in AI we were all waiting for? — Today, I woke up, and the hashtag #gpt-4 was trending on Twitter. Immediately, I thought that OpenAI released the next version of the most popular language model, and people were going mad about it. So, I started reading the top threads on this topic. …

From syntax highlighting to code completion, a complete Python IDE inside Jupyter — This article is the fourth part of a series. Check out the full series: Part I, Part II, Part III. Over the past few days, we’ve been building a complete Python IDE inside Jupyter. In this article, we will add the final touches and package everything in a Docker image…

Make Jupyter your all-in-one IDE and elevate your Python development experience — This article is the third part of a series. Check out the full series: Part I, Part II, Part IV. In previous parts of this series, we covered why many developers do not consider Jupyter as a fully integrated development environment and how the lack of a powerful text editor…

How to get a VS Code-like experience in Jupyter with a great text editor — This article is the second part of a series. Check out the full series: Part I, Part III, Part IV. Our previous article stated that many engineers do not consider JupyterLab a complete IDE. One of the main reasons is that JupyterLab does not have a powerful text editor like…

Unleash Your Coding Efficiency and Productivity in JupyterLab with a GreatText Editor — This article is the first part of a series. Check out the full series: Part II, Part III, Part IV. JupyterLab is an open-source web-based interactive coding environment that many would argue is not a complete IDE. …

Unlocking the power of containerization: A step-by-step tutorial on building container-like environments. — Containers have revolutionized how we deploy and manage applications, providing unparalleled levels of portability, scalability, and consistency. However, you shouldn’t be intimidated by Docker’s sleek exterior — it’s time to delve into the mechanics that make containerization possible. …