Re:JupyterLab is ready for users
by SimonBiggs on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:45PM
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Also the modular packages they have built are amazing. They have a node package called @jupyterlab/services which lets you write typescript code for your own libraries that can then call the Jupyter Server.
An example of using JupyterLab services is provided on their GitHub:
https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/tree/master/package...
Because of the way they built their packages I have been able to stand on the shoulder of giants and build the following tool:
https://github.com/SimonBiggs/scriptedforms
I am very grateful to the JupyterLab team. They have built something brilliant.
Holy shit. ScriptedForms is amazing. Is there any possibility you would consider selling a dual-licensed version that is not AGPL3?
I am a heavy notebook user, but have just decided to switch to Jupyter Lab 5 minutes ago. This will make working on a remote server so much nicer, just start Jupyter Lab and an ssh tunnel and you have a terminal plus notebooks plus file editors all in one browser window. Great improvement, thanks!!
Never heard about Vega lite to generate graphics. How better it is compared to using matplotlib? It is a lot of effort to learn a new graphic lib. I'm already a little proficient in mathplotlib. Should I learn it?
The things I'm most impressed with (relative to Jupyter Notebooks, which were already amazing):
- The ability to render .geojson, .json, markdown, Vega and Vega lite files, and integrate external tools like Voyager.
- The new terminal is a joy to use compared to what came before it
- The ability to set out multiple windows easily, much like an IDE
- The plugin ecosystem means that we can start writing custom components for the analytical platform we're building.
Thanks so much to the team!