David R. Pugh

Currently you install via pip, enable the extension and then rebuild JupyterLab. How would having this on conda-forge simplify the install process?

I agree that we should consider moving away from Matplotlib for the plotting episode but I am not sure about plotnine. Is there a strong desire within the community to...

Over the summer I have been tasked with developing a Python-based _Intoduction to Visualization for Data Scientists_. Haven't started the work yet but have been going through https://pyviz.org/index.html looking for...

I am personally moving away from using Matplotlib directly and towards Python plotting tools that support interactive and static visualization. I am also looking for a high level organizing framework...

@alee @vahtras @ntmoore @souravsingh I just fixed the merge conflicts on this PR. When you get a chance some feedback on this PR would be appreciated.

@ntmoore thanks for the feedback! First thing I should mention is that the Conda episode is a condensed version of a half-day [Introduction to Conda for (Data) Scientists](https://kaust-vislab.github.io/introduction-to-conda-for-data-scientists/) lesson that...

@alee do you have any thoughts to share? If you concur with @ntmoore then I will merge these changes into my local fork and close this PR.

I understand and no worries: it is a substantial change!

@vahtras good to know that you found it a valuable addition. Environment and package management using Conda is well suited as an introductory topic when the audience is primarily researchers...

@yupinghuang Thanks for your substantive feedback! This episode on Conda is a reduction of a longer [half-day lesson](https://github.com/kaust-vislab/introduction-to-conda-for-data-scientists) on Conda that I have developed. Most of your comments are applicable...