Introduction

IPython is an interactive shell for the Python programming language. It also has support for interacting with and writing notebook files for the Jupyter program along with a powerful parallel computing package among other advantages.

Using IPython on RCC Resources

IPython can be started on HPC by simply typing the ipython command into the command line. Loading a module for IPython is not required. Once this command is entered, an interactive command-line prompt will be started for IPython.