Tracker: pydeck Improvements

[ajduberstein]

To Do List

• Add additional examples - p0
• Kepler.gl + pydeck integration - p2
• Control panel to allow users to configure layers with a GUI - p2
• Support blending and constants in Deck objects, e.g., in this line - p2
• Arrow support - p2
• Provide hook to track test coverage - p2
• Better error handling. Edge cases exist where layers do not render because of incorrect layer keywords
• Multiselect via rectangle/lasso select/clicking individual objects. Pass data back to pydeck via this method. Some support for this already via deck_widget.selected_data
• Visual feedback for region selection. Highlight the data selected.
• Include Python3 typing

Likely better pushed into @deck.gl/json:

• Incorporating legends.
• Incorporating scales.
• Incorporating time sliders.

Backlog

• Support for multiple MapViews (as in the Playground minimap example)
• Support for time-based update on the client

Release checklist

• pydeck 0.5.0 release

Tracked in #4823

• pydeck 0.4.0 release

Tracked in #4323

• pydeck 0.3.0 release

Tracked in #4103

• pydeck 0.2.0 release
  • Publish standalone-html bundle from @deck.gl/jupyter-widget and change deckgl_jupyter_widget_bundle in pydeck/io/html.py to the URL for this bundle.
  • Publish JupyterLab bundle and verify the JupyterLab installation
  • Verify that the Jupyter Notebook examples all work locally
  • Publish pydeck to PyPI
  • Update the binder branch of deck.gl to install the latest pydeck and verify that the examples now work
  • Add screen diff tests - p0, addressed in [New @deck.gl/json syntax support - Part 4] @deck.gl/jupyter-widget: Add additional browser tests #3964
  • Add Jupyterlab support - p1, addressed in [JupyterLab support] Enable JupyterLab for pydeck #3638
  • Simplify setup.py - p2, addressed in [JupyterLab support] Enable JupyterLab for pydeck #3638
  • Support 3D tiles - p3
  • Add multiselect functionality–let a user select multiple data points - p1 - addressed in Add multiselect for data EDA to pydeck #3786
  • Use Sphinx to generate .rst files for hosting on readthedocs.org - p0, addressed in Add Sphinx markdown documentation #3698 and Add .readthedocs.yml for readthedocs.org hosting #3710
  • Allow user to modify tooltip text - p0, addressed in Allow pydeck user to modify tooltip text #3690
  • Provide improved error handling beyond JS console logging - p0 - addressed in Optionally surface pydeck warnings in widget UI #3785
  • Explain the deck.gl JSON parser within pydeck - addressed in @deck.gl/json: Document new syntactic sugar #4000

[ajduberstein]

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