Indications on how to save .py files in parallel to the ipynb file

ipython_notebook_config.md

In order to view/download the latest notebook via github or nbviewer or to see how the the notebook code has changed we activate saving the .py files automatically and track both .ipynb files and the .py files.

In order to automate it, add the following code in the ipython_notebook_config.py file:

import os
from subprocess import check_call

def post_save(model, os_path, contents_manager):
    """post-save hook for converting notebooks to .py scripts"""
    if model['type'] != 'notebook':
        return # only do this for notebooks
    d, fname = os.path.split(os_path)
    check_call(['ipython', 'nbconvert', '--to', 'script', fname], cwd=d)

c.FileContentsManager.post_save_hook = post_save

If you aren't sure in which directory to find your ipython_notebook_config.py file, you can type ipython locate profile default, and if you don't find the file there, you can create it by typing ipython profile create.