JupyterLab will be our primary method for interacting with the computer. JupyterLab contains a complete environment for interactive scientific computing which runs in your web browser. Jupyter is an open source python project that was started by scientists like yourselves who wanted a more effective way to interact with their computers.
JupyterLab has excellent documentation. Rather than repeat that documentation here, we point you to their docs. The following pages are particularly relevant:
- The JupyterLab Interface
- Working with Files
- The Text Editor
- Notebooks
- Terminals
- Managing Kernels and Terminals
You will gain experience and familiarity with JupyterLab over the course of the semester as we use it in our weekly lectures and assignments.
To access our class's JupyterLab, go to https://rces.pangeo.io.