Reset ipython kernel

Question

I was wondering if there is a way to restart the ipython kernel without closing it, like the kernel restart function that exists in the notebook. I tried %reset

Answer 1

I personaly use add these two lines at the top of each ipynb file in JupyterLab:

load_ext autoreload
%autoreload 2

It allows you to update the code in an adjacent xxx.py file, without having to restart the Kernel, which was a huge painpoint for me.