bqplot-image-gl
An ipywidget image widget for showing images in bqplot using WebGL. Used for https://github.com/glue-viz/glue-jupyter
(currently requires latest developer version of bqplot)
Usage
ImageGL
See https://py.cafe/maartenbreddels/bqplot-image-gl-demo for a demo of the ImageGL widget.
Preview image:
Installation
To install use pip:
$ pip install bqplot-image-gl
Installation (developers)
# make sure you have node
$ conda install -c conda-forge nodejs
# clone the repo
$ git clone https://github.com/glue-viz/bqplot-image-gl.git
$ cd bqplot-image-gl
# install in dev mode
$ pip install -e .
# symlink the share/jupyter/nbextensions/bqplot-image-gl directory
$ jupyter nbextension install --py --symlink --sys-prefix --overwrite bqplot_image_gl
# enable the extension (normally done by copying the .json in your prefix)
$ jupyter nbextension enable --py --sys-prefix bqplot_image_gl
# for jupyterlab (>=3.0), symlink share/jupyter/labextensions/bqplot-image-gl
$ jupyter labextension develop . --overwrite
workflow for notebook
$ (cd js; npm run watch:nbextension)
# make changes and wait for bundle to automatically rebuild
# reload jupyter notebook
workflow for lab
$ (cd js; npm run watch:labextension)
# make changes and wait for bundle to automatically rebuild
# reload jupyterlab
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