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Often, I find it useful to teach some Python to students. In-person classes are easy in this regard, I can just go to colab.research.google.com and show them the concepts there. (It requires no technical knowledge to use it, that's why I prefer that over locally-run Jupyter notebooks.)

Despite the claim that it is good for collaborative working, it does not update live as I write content in those notebooks, as Google Jamboard would, for example.

Are there websites that provide Jupyter notebooks (with Python 3 backend) which I could use to work with students in real-time? By real-time, I mean that I want my students to see what I have written in a cell within a second at most.

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    $\begingroup$ TIL Jupyter notebooks can be updated in real time. I had no idea. The closest thing I've seen to what you're asking for is cocalc, but it doesn't appear to have pre-made lessons. Hopefully someone else will pipe in with an answer. $\endgroup$
    – Ben I. ♦
    Jul 7, 2021 at 14:26
  • $\begingroup$ Thank you! I don't need the lessons to be pre-made, I can write the code while talking to the students :) $\endgroup$
    – zabop
    Jul 7, 2021 at 15:42
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    $\begingroup$ In that case, I'll convert my comment into an answer! $\endgroup$
    – Ben I. ♦
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I'm not terrifically familiar Jupyter notebooks. I've only used them a few times myself, and I didn't realize that any of them could support simultaneous editing as you've described.

However, cocalc appears to be able to do what you need, though it is a paid tool. (Personally, I enjoy supporting companies that make really good tools, though I understand that others may feel differently about using paid software.)

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    $\begingroup$ I have just tested. It works with about a second of lag (for 2 tabs on same machine). I did not sign up. There is a bit of screen wasted telling me "sign up to be able to save work". (only tested for about 1 minute, nothing complex) $\endgroup$
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Jul 11, 2021 at 8:52

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