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Jupyter Cookbook

By : Dan Toomey
Book Image

Jupyter Cookbook

By: Dan Toomey

Overview of this book

Jupyter has garnered a strong interest in the data science community of late, as it makes common data processing and analysis tasks much simpler. This book is for data science professionals who want to master various tasks related to Jupyter to create efficient, easy-to-share, scientific applications. The book starts with recipes on installing and running the Jupyter Notebook system on various platforms and configuring the various packages that can be used with it. You will then see how you can implement different programming languages and frameworks, such as Python, R, Julia, JavaScript, Scala, and Spark on your Jupyter Notebook. This book contains intuitive recipes on building interactive widgets to manipulate and visualize data in real time, sharing your code, creating a multi-user environment, and organizing your notebook. You will then get hands-on experience with Jupyter Labs, microservices, and deploying them on the web. By the end of this book, you will have taken your knowledge of Jupyter to the next level to perform all key tasks associated with it.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Adding the R engine


R is both a programming language and a software environment geared toward statistical computing and associated graphics. R has a clean syntax, providing access to a large set of statistical packages, publicly available for free use.

How to do it...

We can add the R engine to our Jupyter installation using Anaconda Navigator or the command line.

Installing the R engine using Anaconda Navigator

R is included with the R Studio option in Anaconda Navigator, as shown in this partial screenshot:

As noted in the screen, the R Studio installation includes R essentials and Notebooks (Notebook engine support).

Note

This screenshot shows R after it has been installed (see the Launch button). Whereas before it is installed, the rstudio graphic icon will display in Anaconda Navigator with an Install button.

Once you select the Install button, Anaconda will automatically install R in your environment and bring you back to the Navigator screen, now showing the Launch button as shown in the...