Item: Jupyter Notebook
Rating: 10
Author: Lindsay Veazey

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Jupiter Notebook to organize my workflows into manageable and readable chunks. The ability to streamline my work using markdown descriptions and title is extremely helpful for visually cueing transitions and reorienting the user to the pattern of the workflow outlined in the notebook. It also makes it easier to replicate the workflow for other projects.

Pros and Cons

Visually intuitive organization of code.
Static (but changeable) display of function outputs.
Easy replication of notebooks or into new notebooks, or into PDFs.

I'd like to see bookmarks made available for easier scrolling through long notebooks.
A dark mode option would be helpful, too.
I wish that the display of graphics would be a little bit more customizable as a native function of Jupyter.

Most Important Features

Lightweight installation
Flexibility with different software languages
Straightforward duplication for adaptation

Return on Investment

Positive impact: flexible implementation on any OS, for many common software languages
Positive impact: straightforward duplication for adaptation of workflows for other projects
Negative impact: sometimes encourages pigeonholing of data science work into notebooks versus extending code capability into software integration

Alternatives Considered

Lucidchart, GitHub, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Docker, Zoom, Slack and Microsoft Excel

Jupyter Notebook is unique in that it offers a flexible, lightweight, easy-to-replicate way of organizing your code in a visually intuitive fashion that can be exported in a number of formats. I've found that the broad functionalities available within the notebooks suit a lot of needs I have for EDA, modeling, and data export that makes other software products fairly redundant.

Key Insights

Do you think Jupyter Notebook delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Jupyter Notebook's feature set?

Yes

Did Jupyter Notebook live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Jupyter Notebook go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Jupyter Notebook again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Slack, Tableau Desktop, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Zoom, gedit, Docker

Likelihood to Recommend

I've created a number of daisy chain notebooks for different workflows, and every time, I create my workflows with other users in mind. Jupiter Notebook makes it very easy for me to outline my thought process in as granular a way as I want without using innumerable small. inline comments.

Flexible, lightweight, and visually intuitive organization of your workflows

Overall Satisfaction with Jupyter Notebook