From 49029ba129686029d7b44eff8aa0b417dc921ce6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Trigona-Harany Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:12:53 -0800 Subject: development/ipython: Updated for version 1.1.0 (+ new maintainer) Signed-off-by: Robby Workman --- development/ipython/README | 19 ++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'development/ipython/README') diff --git a/development/ipython/README b/development/ipython/README index 182b1e5a2af00..0739d909e53f5 100644 --- a/development/ipython/README +++ b/development/ipython/README @@ -1,12 +1,9 @@ -IPython is a multiplatform, Free Software project (BSD licensed) that -offers: +IPython is a replacement shell for Python programming. It offers: -* An enhanced Python shell designed for efficient interactive work. It - includes many enhancements over the default Python shell, including the - ability for controlling interactively all major GUI toolkits in a non- - blocking manner. -* A library to build customized interactive environments using Python as - the basic language (but with the possibility of having extended or - alternate syntaxes). -* A system for interactive distributed and parallel computing (this is part - of IPython's new development). +* An enhanced Python shell for the terminal +* A Qt-based console +* A web-based notebook for coding +* An architecture for interactive parallel computing + +matplotlib, pyzmq and tornado are all strongly-recommended dependencies. +Without these, only IPython's default console will run. -- cgit v1.2.3