Summary
Happy Friday! We’ve been working hard to get another alpha release out for you! It’s packed with new features and under the hood enhancements. Check ‘em out below.
If this is your first time using our app, be sure to check out the User Guide.
Disclaimer
Note that we don’t have a built-in kernel with this release yet, so you will need to install the kernels yourself using.
python -m pip install ipykernel
python -m ipykernel install --user
Features 🎉 🌮
- Added reinstall script! Run
npm run reinstallto nuke allnode_modulesand runnpm install. - Initialize configuration file and Jupyter runtime directories on app start if they are not already present
- Added Example Notebooks under the File menu
- Added expandable output area
- Added User Guide for new application users
- Added a more robust interface for starting nteract from the command line
- Added diagnostics scripts for diagnosing kernel problems, run
npm run diagnostics - Fixed stylings on dropdown menus
- Added a JSON display transform
- You can now reset the zoom level of the application using Cmd+Option+0
- Add nteract.json configuration to
~/.jupyter
Under the Hood 🚗
- Added Flow typings to our React components
- Use WebPack to build/bundle our project
- We’re now using the latest version of Electron
- Removed string refs and other nasties in React components