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Jupyter Notebook Installation

1/ Pre-installation​

  • Python downloaded on windows

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https://www.python.org/downloads/ Click 'Or get the standalone installer for Python 3.14.7'

  • Visual Studio Code (VS Code).

2/ Essential Extensions​

  • to use jupyter notebook right inside VS Code, you must download these extensions below
  1. Open VS Code -> click on Extensions on the left
  2. Install extensions: Python (Microsoft). Then Jupyter (also Microsoft).

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3/ Create and open Jupyter Notebook file​

  • create a file: File > New File....
  • save a file with .ipynb format. (e.g, test.ipynb)

4/ Selecting Kernel​

  • before running codes, you have to tell jupyter which python version to run on.
  • on the right side of the file, click on Select Kernel
  • select Jupyter Kernel... -> Python Environments....
  • select the python version u installed (e.g, 3.14.7)

5/ Managing cells​

  • adding cell: move ur cursor between the 2 cells and click on '+ Code' or '+ Markdown'.
  • moving cell: hold ur cursor at the edge of the cell on the left of it and move it up or down
  • deleting/merging cell: click on the bin icon or the move up move down to the right of that cells

6/ Basics​

  • Ctrl + Enter: run the selected cell
  • Shift + Enter: run the selected cell and automatically move ur selected cell to the cell right below
  • Alt + Enter: run the selected cell and automatically generate a new code cell right below that cell
  • or run it manually by clicking 'play'

7/ Variable Explorer​

  • 1 of the very powerful points jupyter have is that it can track the variables, no matter where that variables is called
  • click on Variables

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