Observable vs VS Code
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Observable
VS Code
Make sense of the world with data, together. Explore, visualize, and analyze data. Collaborate with the community. Learn and be inspired. Share insights with the world.
Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor. It supports working with Jupyter Notebooks natively, as well as through Python code files.
Setup
Can you self-host?
Can you self-host?
Features
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Programming languages
Programming languages
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
Reactivity
Reactivity
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
Comments
Comments
Notebook organization
Notebook organization
Licensing
Price
Price
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Observable | Fully managed | None | JS | Visualize with code | Realtime collaboration | Free and paid options | Proprietary |
VS Code | Self-hosted | Jupyter-compatible | Jupyter | Visualize with code | File-based or asynchronous collaboration | Free | Open source |
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