jupyterlab-favorites

Add the ability to save favorite folders to JupyterLab for quicker browsing.

Installation

Prerequisites

• JupyterLab 3.x

Install from pypi

python -m pip install jupyterlab-favorites

Install from github

python -m pip install "git+https://github.com/jupyterlab-contrib/jupyterlab-favorites@v3.0.0#egg=jupyterlab_favorites"

Install locally from a git checkout

git clone https://github.com/jupyterlab-contrib/jupyterlab-favorites.git
cd jupyterlab-favorites
pip install .

Development

Prerequisites

• An active conda environment with JupyterLab 3.x installed

Install locally from a git checkout

git clone https://github.com/jupyterlab-contrib/jupyterlab-favorites.git
cd jupyterlab-favorites
pip install -ve .

This copies the frontend code for the extension into JupyterLab.

To keep the source code synced with JupyterLab, you can run the following:

jupyter labextension develop --overwrite .

To rebuild the extension manually after each change::

jlpm run build

To automatically rebuild after each change, run in a separate terminal:

jlpm run watch

Older JupyterLab versions

JupyterLab v2 Support

NPM install

jupyter labextension install jupyterlab-favorites@2.0.0

Jupyterlab v1 Support

Via NPM:

jupyter labextension install jupyterlab-favorites@1.0.0

Or use the tagged 1.0.0 release at: https://github.com/jupyterlab-contrib/jupyterlab-favorites/tree/v1.0.0

Testing

Download Firefox browser if not already installed: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Install Selenium:

conda install -c conda-forge selenium

Install Pytest:

conda install -c anaconda pytest

Change directory to this repo after cloning

cd yourfolder/jupyterlab-favorites

Running test script:

./run_tests.sh

This will open jupyter lab and run available tests. Note: You will need to run in a clean jupyter environment (without existing favorites files)