Sidecar
A sidecar output widget for JupyterLab
Installation
```bash pip install sidecar ``` or ```bash conda install sidecar ``` If you use JupyterLab <=2: ```bash jupyter labextension install @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager jupyter labextension install @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-sidecar ```Usage
The sidecar widget is used as a context manager, just like ipywidgets' output widget. ```python from sidecar import Sidecar from ipywidgets import IntSlider sc = Sidecar(title='Sidecar Output') sl = IntSlider(description='Some slider') with sc:display(sl)
Development
```bashCreate a new conda environment
conda create -n jupyterlab-sidecar -c conda-forge jupyterlab ipywidgets nodejs -y
Activate the conda environment
conda activate jupyterlab-sidecar
Install package in development mode
pip install -e .
Link your development version of the extension with JupyterLab
jupyter labextension develop . --overwrite
Rebuild extension Typescript source after making changes
jlpm run build
```
You can watch the source directory and run JupyterLab at the same time in different terminals to watch for changes in the extension's source and automatically rebuild the extension.
```bash
Watch the source directory in one terminal, automatically rebuilding when needed
jlpm run watch
Run JupyterLab in another terminal
jupyter lab
```
With the watch command running, every saved change will immediately be built locally and available in your running JupyterLab. Refresh JupyterLab to load the change in your browser (you may need to wait several seconds for the extension to be rebuilt).
By default, the jlpm run build command generates the source maps for this extension to make it easier to debug using the browser dev tools. To also generate source maps for the JupyterLab core extensions, you can run the following command:
```bash
jupyter lab build --minimize=False
```
