{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Jam3/math-as-code/issues/4","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Jam3/math-as-code/issues/4/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Jam3/math-as-code/issues/4/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Jam3/math-as-code/issues/4/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Jam3/math-as-code/issues/4","id":91933294,"number":4,"title":"Consider writing this as Jupyter notebooks instead of JavaScript","user":{"login":"blixt","id":158591,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/158591?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt","html_url":"https://github.com/blixt","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":16,"created_at":"2015-06-29T23:18:59Z","updated_at":"2015-07-01T04:54:52Z","closed_at":null,"body":"GitHub supports executing and rendering [Jupyter notebooks](https://jupyter.org/) which would be much more maintainable and expressive (especially since you can use `numpy` to execute all kinds of math operations out of the box).\r\n\r\nAnother big benefit is that you can have GitHub render math notations for you instead of including lots of images in the repo (+ you get retina support!).\r\n\r\nExample on GitHub using Jupyter:\r\n\r\n* https://github.com/stitchfix/Algorithms-Notebooks/blob/master/Long-Tails.ipynb"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Jam3/math-as-code/issues/comments/117433615","html_url":"https://github.com/Jam3/math-as-code/issues/4#issuecomment-117433615","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Jam3/math-as-code/issues/4","id":117433615,"user":{"login":"blixt","id":158591,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/158591?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt","html_url":"https://github.com/blixt","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/blixt/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-01T04:54:52Z","updated_at":"2015-07-01T04:54:52Z","body":"@StoneCypher: I think the argument here is no longer about whether to use Jupyter (which is just a good editor for Markdown + interactive shell for Python, by the way – and I'm sure you've worked with Python).\r\n\r\nI think we should just discuss how to improve the process of updating the guide, and its appearance (for example: LaTeX in the guide vs. embedded images, and auto-evaluated code to avoid duplication of effort and bugs)."}}