autoreload

%autoreload:
    %autoreload => Reload modules automatically

%autoreload will automatically reload modules, so you can edit code in an IDE or text editor, and when a change is made and saved, you can test the new functionality in the IPython shell without having to exit and start a new session. This is incredibly helpful and saves a lot of time-- and it will work most of the time. There are some caveats involved, but some of the problems that prevent successful reloading are:

• Changing a @property to a method or a method to a variable within a class
• Functions that are removed from a module before it is reloaded are not upgraded
• C extension modules cannot be reloaded

You can pass in a parameter to either disable reloading completely, only use imports that were specified with the command %aimport, or reload all modules every time before the code is executed.

Disable automatic reloading:

%autoreload 0

Reload all modules imported with %aimport every time before executing the Python code typed:

%autoreload 1

Reload all modules (except those excluded by %aimport) every time before executing the Python code typed:

%autoreload 2