Configure the user interface¶
You can build several user interfaces into the resulting Docker image. This is controlled with various configuration files.
JupyterLab¶
You do not need any extra configuration in order to allow the use
of the JupyterLab interface. You can launch JupyterLab from within a user
session by opening the Jupyter Notebook and appending /lab to the end of the URL
like so:
http(s)://<server:port>/lab
To switch back to the classic notebook, add /tree to the URL like so:
http(s)://<server:port>/tree
For example, the following Binder URL will open the
pyTudes repository
and begin a JupyterLab session in the ipynb folder:
https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/norvig/pytudes/HEAD?urlpath=lab/tree/ipynb
The /tree/ipynb above is how JupyterLab directs you to a specific file
or folder.
To learn more about URLs in JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook, visit starting JupyterLab.
nteract¶
nteract is a notebook interface built with React. It is similar to a more feature-filled version of the traditional Jupyter Notebook interface.
nteract comes pre-installed in any session that has been built from a Python repository.
You can launch nteract from within a user
session by replacing /tree with /nteract at the end of a notebook
server’s URL like so:
http(s)://<server:port>/nteract
For example, the following Binder URL will open the
pyTudes repository
and begin an nteract session in the ipynb folder:
https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/norvig/pytudes/HEAD?urlpath=nteract/tree/ipynb
The /tree/ipynb above is how nteract directs you to a specific file
or folder.
To learn more about nteract, visit the nteract website.
RStudio¶
The RStudio user interface is automatically enabled if a configuration file for
R is detected (i.e. an R version specified in runtime.txt). If this is detected,
RStudio will be accessible by appending /rstudio to the URL, like so:
http(s)://<server:port>/rstudio
For example, the following Binder link will open an RStudio session in the R demo repository.
http://mybinder.org/v2/gh/binder-examples/r/HEAD?urlpath=rstudio
Shiny¶
Shiny lets you create interactive visualizaions with R.
Shiny is automatically enabled if a configuration file for
R is detected (i.e. an R version specified in runtime.txt). If
this is detected, Shiny will be accessible by appending
/shiny/<folder-w-shiny-files> to the URL, like so:
http(s)://<server:port>/shiny/bus-dashboard
This assumes that a folder called bus-dashboard exists in the root
of the repository, and that it contains all of the files needed to run
a Shiny app.
For example, the following Binder link will open a Shiny session in the R demo repository.
http://mybinder.org/v2/gh/binder-examples/r/HEAD?urlpath=shiny/bus-dashboard/
Stencila¶
Note
Stencila support has been removed due to changes in stencila making it incompatible. Please get in touch if you would like to help restore stencila support.