lang:python:engine:intellij

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Running Python Script in (Scientific|Cell) Mode with IDEA Intellij

Intellij IDEA can using the scientific view:

show plot and data
run and debug cell

Prerequisite

Anaconda to get the scientific module
The matplotlib and numpy package
Scientific mode

Script

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

#%% Built a scatterplot (and define the start of a cell)
N = 50
x = np.random.rand(N)
y = np.random.rand(N)
colors = np.random.rand(N)
area = np.pi * (15 * np.random.rand(N))**2  # 0 to 15 point radii
plt.scatter(x, y, s=area, c=colors, alpha=0.5)
plt.show()

#%% Plot y versus x as lines (and defines the start of another cell)
X = np.linspace(-np.pi, np.pi, 256,endpoint=True)
C,S = np.cos(X), np.sin(X)

plt.plot(X, C, color="blue", linewidth=2.5, linestyle="-")
plt.plot(X, S, color="red", linewidth=2.5, linestyle="-")

plt.xlim(X.min()*1.1, X.max()*1.1)
plt.xticks([-np.pi, -np.pi/2, 0, np.pi/2, np.pi],
           [r'$-\pi$', r'$-\pi/2$', r'$0$', r'$+\pi/2$', r'$+\pi$'])

plt.ylim(C.min()*1.1,C.max()*1.1)
plt.yticks([-1, 0, +1],
           [r'$-1$', r'$0$', r'$+1$'])
plt.show()