Haha, don't worry the Python side is still quite active, and IPython is still evolving. JupyterLab is (so far) only a new UI. It still connects to all the kernels via the same protocol in the back, and we were not willing to change both at the same time. But thanks for caring and expressing concerns.
Re:JupyterLab is ready for users
by monkmartinez on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:19PM
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The fact that the GUI is written in JS is my point. The reports of Python's death... you heard it here first.
Re:JupyterLab is ready for users
by SimonBiggs on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:26PM
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I'm not sure if this backs up your point or not. But I was blessed to build, using JupyterLab packages a quick and easy GUI creation tool for python packages. It lets you create the GUI itself in Markdown.
https://github.com/SimonBiggs/scriptedforms
The majority of that was built with typescript.
But, the reason it is so useful is because it can run Python.
I guess my love affair with Python is souring a bit. Compared to JavaScript it seems like it has slowed to a crawl on the innovation front. That is, for anything NOT related to machine learning.
I use Jupyter notebooks with Python all the time and only recently started using them with Node.js it seems like JS is just killing it...