Is there a way to have interactive components like...

# datascience

[Hampus Londögård]

Is there a way to have interactive components like a Slider in Jupyter for Kotlin? 😄

[Hampus Londögård]

I know both Julia & Python has support for this through different widgets.

[altavir]

Yes, it is possible. One con support Python ipywidgets protocol, but it is also possible to do the same thing in kotlin from scratch, using our own micro-server. Plotlykt-server already supports unidirectional interactivity, but the protocol actually supports bacwards communication as well. I plan to implement that it VisionForge integration, but I have a lot on my plate now. If you a willing to collaborate, we can do that faster.

[Hampus Londögård]

Yeah, I’m also pretty swamped. Might take a look into it if I ever get the time..
Feels like it’s a pretty important step to actually be a serious contester to Python/Julia notebooks.

Interactivity is key 🚀

[altavir]

Well, I have not seen IPyWidgets widely used. As for code-to-display interactivity, it is already supported in Plotly.kt and VisionForge. I am not sure about Lets-Plot. The key problem is of course the loading of client-side JS.

[altavir]

I think I can do a tutorial on how to do your own jupyter compatible module.

[Hampus Londögård]

I’ve had a few use-cases:
• Custom text-input from user for NLP tasks.
• Slider to render Images from different stages
• Drag n’ Drop / File Upload for custom images
I’d be very happy to see such a tutorial!

[Hampus Londögård]

(these use-cases are especially for when I’m doing a presentation-mode notebook)

[altavir]

I think all those things are quite easy to do. We can do it in a tutorial