nbdev

Framework for building tested, documented Python packages from Jupyter notebooks.

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Assess Provisional Teaching

Assess whether this fits the group’s research and teaching workflows. nbdev can help notebook-heavy projects become importable, documented, and tested packages while preserving an exploratory authoring workflow.

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Related themes: Scientific Computing

Common use cases

Develop Python packages from notebooks
Keep narrative documentation close to executable examples
Generate tests and API documentation from notebook sources

Getting started

nbdev turns notebooks into package source files, documentation, and tests. It is useful for teams that want to keep the narrative strength of notebooks while producing reusable Python software.

Why It Matters in Research Workflows

Many research projects begin in notebooks because notebooks are excellent for explanation and exploration. nbdev offers a path from that exploratory work toward maintainable packages without forcing the team to abandon notebook-based development immediately.

In Our Teaching

We discuss nbdev as an advanced option in reusable scientific software courses, especially when learners are deciding how to package notebook-driven analysis methods for collaborators.