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 was stuck with this error for a long time, I tried all the solutions above and the only one that resolved was to reset Spyder:

spyder --reset