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Absolutely love JupyterLab. Having used ipython for years, I switched to Jupyter Lab about 6 months ago and never looked back. The things I'm most impressed w

by RobinL 9y ago

Absolutely love JupyterLab. Having used ipython for years, I switched to Jupyter Lab about 6 months ago and never looked back. 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!

tda 9y ago
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!!
SimonBiggs 9y ago
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/packages/services/examples/typescript-browser-with-output 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 https://github.com/SimonBiggs/scriptedforms I am very grateful to the JupyterLab team. They have built something brilliant.
- pwang 9y ago
  Holy shit. ScriptedForms is amazing. Is there any possibility you would consider selling a dual-licensed version that is not AGPL3?
neves 9y ago
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?

by RobinL 9y ago

tda 9y ago

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!!

SimonBiggs 9y ago

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/packages/services/examples/typescript-browser-with-output 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 https://github.com/SimonBiggs/scriptedforms I am very grateful to the JupyterLab team. They have built something brilliant.

pwang 9y ago
Holy shit. ScriptedForms is amazing. Is there any possibility you would consider selling a dual-licensed version that is not AGPL3?

neves 9y ago

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?