bqplot-image-gl 1.10.0

An ipywidget image widget for astronomical purposes

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