Wolfram Player & Notebooks post CDF
A current summary of Notebook deployment-related 
features and initiatives after CDF

André Kuzniarek
Executive Director, Document and Media Systems
Wolfram Research

Notebooks Are Back

Notebooks have become the new normal for us, as Wolfram continues to lead and innovate the notebook concept across all platforms.

A number of providers have joined the “notebook” party, particularly in data science, and promoting variations on what Wolfram invented:

Jupyter

CoCalc

RStudio

Beaker

Zeppelin

Spark

Kyso

CDF remains useful as a descriptor for the technology “under the hood”, the conversation is all about notebooks now.

“The New World of 
Notebook Publishing”

Stephen Wolfram’s latest blog post makes the case for our notebooks on the cloud having become a solid and practical user experience:

Publish to Cloud

Make Your Own Copy

Download

Wolfram Player v12

On desktop, Wolfram Player continues where CDF Player left off:

Now allows notebooks to operate at the same base level of interaction as CDF

No special export/signing needed

Still upgradable to Player Pro

Still support Enterprise features (will say more)

On iOS, Wolfram Player starts as read-only:

Will open notebooks and CDF, but no interaction

In-app purchase enables regular Player-level interaction

Or login via WolframID with cloud subscription

Cloud app is also available:

Once logged in, allows for notebook creation and editing

User experience optimized for mobile

Saving Notebooks for Player

Nothing special needed, just save your notebook as always.

The “rules” for usage are simpler now: 
non-commercial public availability = free
	vs.
commercial distribution with revenue share (or purchase of seats)

Enterprise upgrade for saved notebooks remains as EnterpriseCDF for now, 
but will eventually become explicitly signed Notebook type.

Licensing info updated online »

Notebook Deployment Channels

While the “New World of Notebook Publishing” has now grown online:

Personal cloud deployed documents and embedding tools

Notebook Archive »

Demonstrations »

Community »

GitHub »

Deployment methods on desktop also continue to expand:

“Portable CDF” Player and application content combined

Data Modeler (Mark Kotanchek, with Ariel Sepúlveda) »

DRM-style ebook deployment through Wolfram store:

Advanced Calculus with Mathematica, Keith Stroyan

Mastering the Black Box of Statistics and Research Design, Bruce Schneider

The Wolfram Notebook Story

Main featureset page »

Stephen Wolfram's writings »

New online interactive course »

Wolfram Player »

iOS Player »

Wolfram Alpha Notebook Edition »

And more to come...