Ipython

An alternative/featureful python interpreter.

• colours
• tab autocomplete
• auto-reload all before each run
• all of these features within a debugger
• readline support

You can also install kernels for other languages, allowing you to run them within it (ex: java).

Documentation

official docs	http://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
legacy docs	https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/
readline docs	http://python-prompt-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
kernel docs	https://github.com/ipython/ipython/wiki/IPython-kernels-for-other-languages

Locations

~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py	ipython config
~/.ipython/${PROFILE}/startup/	scripts in this folder are run on startup

Notes

ipython configuration

ipython usage

Kernel

There are kernels for other languages available to ipython.

ruby iruby

ijava