Converting notebooks

Notebooks are just big JSON files with the extension .ipynb.

Since notebooks are JSON, it is simple to convert them to other formats. Jupyter comes with a utility called nbconvert for converting to HTML, Markdown, slideshows, etc.

For example, to convert a notebook to an HTML file, in your terminal use

jupyter nbconvert --to html notebook.ipynb

Converting to HTML is useful for sharing your notebooks with others who aren't using notebooks. Markdown is great for including a notebook in blogs and other text editors that accept Markdown formatting.

As always, learn more about nbconvert from the documentation.