What is the difference between Python and IPython?

Question

What exactly is the difference between Python and IPython?

If I write code in Python, will it run in IPython as is or does it need to be modified?

I know IPython is supposed to be an interactive shell for Python, but is that all? Or is there a language called IPython? If I write something under IPython, will it run in Python, and vice-versa? If there are differences, how do I know what they are? Will all packages used by Python work as is in IPython?

Answer 1

Python is a high level general purpose programming language. Python is easy to read, understand and learn. You can build many different types of applications using python, like Web Applications, Desktop Applications, Command Line Utilities, Machine Learning models etc.

IPython is an interactive shell that is built with python. It provides a more useful shell environment to execute python code in REPL (Read Eval Print Loop). It makes it more interactive by adding features like syntax highlighting, code completion etc. IPython also comes with other tools like Jupyter Notebooks etc. 

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