Ipython console in Spyder stuck on “connecting to kernel”

Question

I am new to python and coming from Matlab and I have installed the latest version of Python(x,y) (2.7.9.0) on my Win 8 64 bit PC.

The problem that I have is that, e

Answer 1

I had the same issue in Anaconda. I updated the spyder-kernels module and it seems to work fine now.