Binder is really amazing for Python/data science tutorial authors: I have a pandas tutorial on github, and instead of requiring everyone to install a bunch of Python libraries / set up a Docker container, now I can just link to
and people can try out the tutorial right away! Before Binder, running workshops always involved a TON of installation problems and it was a huge amount of work in advance to figure out how people on windows / mac / linux could all get the tools installed.
https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/jvns/pandas-cookbook/master
and people can try out the tutorial right away! Before Binder, running workshops always involved a TON of installation problems and it was a huge amount of work in advance to figure out how people on windows / mac / linux could all get the tools installed.