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title: "Research"
description: "The Research Environment is a Jupyter notebook-based environment where you can access our data through the QuantBook class instead of in a backtest."
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# Research

[Documentation](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2.md) > [Cloud Platform](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform.md) > Research

> Code examples are shown in Python. Append `?lang=csharp` to this URL for the C# version of this page.

The Research Environment is a [Jupyter notebook](https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/stable/notebook.html)-based environment where you can access our data through the `QuantBook` class instead of through the `QCAlgorithm` class in a backtest. The environment supports both Python and C#. If you use Python, you can import code from the code files in your project into the Research Environment to aid development.

- [Getting Started](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/research/getting-started.md): Learn the basics
- [Deployment](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/research/deployment.md): Spin up a notebook

### See Also

- [Research Environment Product](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment.md)
- [Charting](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/charting.md)
- [Object Store](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/research-environment/object-store.md)

## Pages in This Section

- [Getting Started](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/research/getting-started.md): Before you run backtests, test your hypothesis in the Research Environment. It's easy to perform data analysis and produce plots in the Research Environment.
- [Deployment](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/research/deployment.md): An introduction to the cloud Research Environment. For more comprehensive information on research notebooks, see the Research Environment documentation product.