Package: jupyter-datainputtable
jupyter-datainputtableIntroduction|Current Features|Wishlist|Usage|Installation|Change log|Issues or comments|LicenseIntroduction:Tools for generating predefined data input tables for use in Jupyter notebooks.
This is primarily for student worksheets.Current Features:Can create a table using a python command in the Jupyter notebook.If using JupyterPhysSciLab/InstructorTools tables can be
created using menu items in the Jupyter notebook (recommended usage).Table column and row labels can be locked once set.Number of rows and columns must be chosen on initial creation.Table will survive deletion of all cell output data.Default setting is to protect the code cell that creates the table. This
blocks editing and deleting.Table creation code will work without this package installed in the Jupyter
kernel. Tables are viewable, but not editable in a plain vanilla Jupyter install.Menu option to create a Pandas DataFrame from the table.Wishlist:Add rows to existing table.Usage:If you are using and have initialized the JupyterPhysSciLab/InstructorTools
select the "insert table..." item from the menu. This will initiate the table
creation process with a dialogbox.If you are not using the InstructorTools package, but the packagejupyter_datainputtableis installed in your Jupyter/Python
environment start by importing it:import input_tableYou initiate the table creation process with the command:input_table.create_input_table()InstallationInstallation using pip into a virtual environment is recommended.ProductionThis is best installed by using the pseudo packagesJPSLInstructororJPSLStudent.If you wish to install just this package follow the instructions below.If not installed, install pipenv:$ pip3 install --user pipenv. You may
need to add~/.local/binto yourPATHto makepipenvavailable in your command shell. More discussion:The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python.Navigate to the directory where this package will be installed.Start a shell in the environment$ pipenv shell.Install using pip.$ pip install jupyter-datainputtable. This will install Jupyter into the same virtual
environment if you do not already have it on your machine. If Jupyter is already
installed the virtual environment will use the existing installation. This takes
a long time on a Raspberry Pi. It will not run on a 3B+ without at least 1 GB of
swap. See:Build Jupyter on a Pi.Still within the environment shell test this by starting jupyter$ jupyter notebook. Jupyter should launch in your browser.Open a new notebook using the default (Python 3) kernel.In the first cell import the input_table module:import input_tableTo try use the commandinput_table.create_input_table()in the
next cell. This should generate a blank code cell
and another code cell that has a table in the output for you to define your table dimensions.If you define the dimensions the input table will be created for you.OptionalYou can make this environment available to an alternate Jupyter install as a special kernel when you are the user.Make sure you are running in your virtual environment$ pipenv shellin the directory for  virtual
environment will do that.Issue the command to add this as a kernel to your personal space:$ python -m ipykernel install --user --name=<name-you-want-for-kernel>.More information is available in the Jupyter/Ipython documentation. A simple tutorial from Nikolai Jankiev
(Parametric Thoughts) can be foundhere.DevelopmentSimply replace$ pip install jupyter-datainputtablewith$ pip install  -e ../jupyter-datainputtablein theProductioninstructions.Change Log0.7.6 update requirements to use upstream bug fixes.0.7.5 smaller input cells, metadata flag identifying cell as containing a
data input table.0.7.4 Colored and bigger table caption. README updates.0.7.3Use jQuery style dialogs.When creating Pandas DataFrame from a table import numpy and Pandas
only if necessary.README updates.0.7.2Ability to have a table caption.Created a file for future custom css.Expansion and cleanup of README.md.0.7.1 Bug fixes.0.7.0Better handling of empty, string and NaN cells.Set Pandas indexes if row labels are not just numeric indexes.0.6.0Added dialog for getting initial table dimensions.Added export table data to a Pandas DataFrame table action.Bug fixes.0.5.0 Initial beta releaseIssues or comments:JupyterPhysSciLab/jupyter-datainputtableThis software is distributed under the GNU V3 licenseThis program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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GNU General Public License for more details.Copyright - Jonathan Gutow, 2020, 2021.