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Hi this is just a general question, I am already familiar with some programming languages due to currently studying maths and compsci at university. My question is for this course and to get certified is using Jupyter Notebooks within the web app the best option for certification or can i use the JN extension within VS Code?
Depends on what sort of certification you’re interested in, and what you evaluate as “best”.
Note that both of those tools are technically platforms - on both you can install them to use various software languages (C, python, java, etc).
My two cents:
Jupyter Notebooks are great for tutorials and prototyping, because you can embed instructions and code in the same document. It’s fairly bad at debugging, though I understand they are making improvements there.
VScode is a professional-quality programming environment. But it’s fairly big and complicated and requires some experience to use effectively.
Both have their place, so I don’t think you should limit yourself to only one toolset.
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The methods I have been using in my studies are VScode for general programming and Org-mode for all documentation, you can take notes, embed code, run the code all the same as Juypeter but all of your notes live on your computer, you can export to word docs, latex, pdf, html and much more.
I do understand though and if its industries common practice, I will familiarise myself with Jupyter.
Thank you for the quick and detailed response.