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📣 arunmib

Python on iPad


I'm teaching someone python and they only have an iPad. A quick search turned up Google Collab and Pythonista. What has your experience been using either one on iPad? Are there other options?

  👤 celias Accepted Answer ✓
These apps include several common packages such as numpy, matplotlib, pandas, etc

Pyto - a Python 3.8 IDE fo iPhone and iPad https://pyto.app

Carnets - standalone Jupiter notebook. Now with Python 3.9 https://twitter.com/carnets_jupyter

I haven't used Juno or Juno Connect https://juno.sh

👤 machello13
Pythonista is great but it hasn't been actively developed in a couple years, and I think pieces of it might be broken. But as long as you stay away from the UI-building aspect of it, it should be enough for what you need.
👤 HDMI_Cable
Google Colab is really good. I don't have an iPad, but it does work on there IIRC. It's more suited towards deep learning, but the notebooks are really good to teach python nonetheless.
👤 xet7
With PythonAnywhere https://www.pythonanywhere.com and Web2Py http://www.web2py.com you can develop at webbrowser.
👤 Jtsummers
Not on the iPad but I've had some success with Repl.it. It's used through the browser, and supports Python. It helps, as well, by permitting sharing of content between you and the student more directly (no need, at this stage, to figure out other code sharing mechanisms like git).
👤 jdillaaa
Perhaps Blink Shell + an EC2 instance or a digital ocean droplet? You also get Vim and a full linux system. This is what I do
👤 amasad
Repl.it works great from Safari on iPad!