Information good as of early 2017
In the listing below they are ordered by ranking with the most stable and full-featured being first. The ranking emphasizes stability overall.
Because the impetus for this list involves VPython, that is the most strongly considered feature.
Step-by-step guides are linked to for each one:
- Domino Data Science Platform
- tmpng.org or try.jupyter.org
- A VPython Binder with Seaborn module added
- The VPython Binder
Of the last two, presently the best Binder option is the VPython Binder with Seaborn module added. This is currently using the more stable beta Binder site. The original The VPython Binder is still at the original site and you can check the current status first. If the DEPLOY state is 🔴, you cannot use either of the original VPython Binder at that time. DEPLOY state needs to be green.
For anyone else stumbling upon this information looking for places to run Python code in Jupyter notebooks in the cloud:
There are additional options, such as PythonAnywhere, plon.io, wakari.io (seems to have been bought or rebranded to Anaconda cloud), and CoCalc (formerly, SageMathCloud) not listed here. They may suit your needs, but are not listed because I cannot make a guide for all and/or presently some don't work on our campus network. Plus, I haven't checked all for ability to use VPython, which was one of our critical features.