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Re: JupyterLite – WASM-powered Jupyter running in the browser

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Post by ktpsns »

Despite Pyolite has a miserable performance (20MB of downloads), the overall project direction is correct.

I said this already 10 years ago: We don't need more cloud computing but need to empower users end devices again. Jupyter is typically operated on powerful notebooks and not on mobile devices.

Re: JupyterLite – WASM-powered Jupyter running in the browser

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Post by atoav »

ktpsns wrote: post #2

Despite Pyolite has a miserable performance (20MB of downloads), the overall project direction is correct. I said this already 10 years ago: We don't need more cloud computing but need to empower users end devices again. Jupyter is typically operated on powerful notebooks and not on mobile devices.

The solution I use for local jupyter notebooks is nteract [0] which is like a standalone application that can edit/open .ipynb files.

It has a few quirks, but works quite good for daily use.

[0] https://nteract.io/

Re: JupyterLite – WASM-powered Jupyter running in the browser

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Post by aiNohY6g »

ktpsns wrote: post #2

Despite Pyolite has a miserable performance (20MB of downloads), the overall project direction is correct. I said this already 10 years ago: We don't need more cloud computing but need to empower users end devices again. Jupyter is typically operated on powerful notebooks and not on mobile devices.

Similar to jupyterlite: https://starboard.gg/jupystar (and https://starboard.gg)

Re: JupyterLite – WASM-powered Jupyter running in the browser

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Post by croes »

ktpsns wrote: post #2

Despite Pyolite has a miserable performance (20MB of downloads), the overall project direction is correct. I said this already 10 years ago: We don't need more cloud computing but need to empower users end devices again. Jupyter is typically operated on powerful notebooks and not on mobile devices.

Isn't that not just Java all over again, but this time with JavaScript?

Re: JupyterLite – WASM-powered Jupyter running in the browser

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Post by ipsum2 »

atoav wrote: post #3
ktpsns wrote: post #2

Despite Pyolite has a miserable performance (20MB of downloads), the overall project direction is correct. I said this already 10 years ago: We don't need more cloud computing but need to empower users end devices again. Jupyter is typically operated on powerful notebooks and not on mobile devices.

The solution I use for local jupyter notebooks is nteract [0] which is like a standalone application that can edit/open .ipynb files. It has a few quirks, but works quite good for daily use. [0] https://nteract.io/

What do you like about nteract over Jupyter's frontend? The website is devoid of details.

Re: JupyterLite – WASM-powered Jupyter running in the browser

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Post by fmajid »

croes wrote: post #5
ktpsns wrote: post #2

Despite Pyolite has a miserable performance (20MB of downloads), the overall project direction is correct. I said this already 10 years ago: We don't need more cloud computing but need to empower users end devices again. Jupyter is typically operated on powerful notebooks and not on mobile devices.

Isn't that not just Java all over again, but this time with JavaScript?

No, WASM gets compiled to native code

Re: JupyterLite – WASM-powered Jupyter running in the browser

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Post by youngtaff »

fmajid wrote: post #7
croes wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't that not just Java all over again, but this time with JavaScript?

No, WASM gets compiled to native code

Java bytecode got translated to native too

Think we've just got better at runtimes over time (JIT, intermediate formats etc.) and WASM was designed to be good for this rather than needed to work with an already exising bytecode

Re: JupyterLite – WASM-powered Jupyter running in the browser

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Post by rerx »

ipsum2 wrote: post #6
atoav wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The solution I use for local jupyter notebooks is nteract [0] which is like a standalone application that can edit/open .ipynb files. It has a few quirks, but works quite good for daily use. [0] https://nteract.io/

What do you like about nteract over Jupyter's frontend? The website is devoid of details.

It's convenient to directly open a notebook from a browser download or a slack message without having to fire up jupyter in a terminal and navigate it to that temp file.

Re: JupyterLite – WASM-powered Jupyter running in the browser

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Post by kzrdude »

atoav wrote: post #3
ktpsns wrote: post #2

Despite Pyolite has a miserable performance (20MB of downloads), the overall project direction is correct. I said this already 10 years ago: We don't need more cloud computing but need to empower users end devices again. Jupyter is typically operated on powerful notebooks and not on mobile devices.

The solution I use for local jupyter notebooks is nteract [0] which is like a standalone application that can edit/open .ipynb files. It has a few quirks, but works quite good for daily use. [0] https://nteract.io/

vscodium can also open ipynb files, to give an alternative.

I try to work mostly with "py:percent" script files now, in the same jupyter notebook style but without saving outputs.

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