IElixir

Jupyter's kernel for Elixir

Acknowledgements, licenses, and disclaimers

Implementation is inspired by IElixir, while all the codebase is totally rewritten to fit escripts, Elixir's 1.12 Mix.install/2 feature and kernel management introduced by livebook.

All the code for node management is fully taken from livebook's codebase.

This project is distributed under the MIT license, while node management parts are distributed under Apache License 2.0, inherited from livebook.

Installation

You must have:

1. One of the jupyter's installations
2. Elixir 1.12 or higher

Jupyter notebook

To use this kernel, you need to have a Jupyter installed. You can find instructions on how to install it here.

The simplest way to do this is to run:

$ pip install jupyter

Installing it with a virtual environment is recommended, but instructions to do it are out of this document's scope.

Jupyter lab

This frontend is a modern approach to work with Jupyter's kernels, supports more features, and is recommended for been used for most cases. You can find instructions on how to install it here.

The simplest way to do this is to run:

$ pip install jupyterlab

This command will also install the original jupyter notebook under the hood.

Elixir

You need to have Elixir installed. You can find instructions on how to install it here. For sure you know how to do it if you are trying to use this project.

IElixir kernel

Installation is pretty simple:

1. Install the escript for this kernel:

   $ mix escript.install github spawnfest/ielixir

2. Make the jupyter to know our new kernel:

   $ ielixir install

3. (Optional) If you want to use the jupyterlab frontend, you need to additional ielixir lablexicon:

   $ jupyter labextension install jupyterlab-ielixir

And you are all set!

Running with docker

1. Build the docker image using presented Dockerfile:

   docker build . -t ielixir

2. Run the image to get your server running on 8000 port:

   docker run -p 8000:8000 ielixir

3. In docker's output you will see a link with defined token. Use it to open your Jupyter Lab in the browser.

NOTE! Default workspace is empty! If you need to work with a workspace that exists on your host machine - you need to mount this folder inside containers /workspace folder.

docker run --mount type=bind,source=path/to/workspace/,target=/workspace -p 8000:8000 ielixir

For example, to run examples from project's root use:

docker run --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)"/resources/examples,target=/workspace -p 8000:8000 ielixir

Roadmap

• jupyter messaging protocol
• Elixir node for each kernel
  • Standalone
  • mix project
  • remote
• Code highlighting for
  • input
  • output
• History saving and exposing
• Compatibility with
  • console
  • notebook
  • lab
  • vscode extension
• Providing protocol for output decoration
  • Client side
  • kernel side
• Automaticly decorating
  • pictures
  • vega plots
  • jsons
• Autocompletion
  • Intellisense
  • Perfect cursor positioning
• Example notebooks
  • Intro to Jupyter
  • Intro to Elixir inside IElixir
  • Intro to Elixir
  • Example from Elixir's official syte