  The Notebook validation tool nbval allows to load and execute Python code
from a Jupyter notebook file. While computing outputs from the cells in the
notebook, these outputs are compared with the outputs saved in the notebook
file, treating each cell as a test. Deviations are reported as test failures,
with various configuration options available to control the behaviour.
Application use cases include the validation of notebook-based documentation,
tutorials and textbooks, as well as the use of notebooks as additional unit,
integration and system tests for the libraries that are used in the notebook.
Nbval is implemented as a plugin for the pytest testing software.
