[Smtk-developers] Jupyter Notebooks and VTK / VTK.js

[TJ Corona]

This would be awesome for SMTK! Please keep us in the loop!

> On Jun 27, 2018, at 1:29 PM, Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin <jchris.fillionr at kitware.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Will, 
> 
> Support the jupyter notebook is nice, but thinking about "jupyter lab" would be ideal. See http://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ <http://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>
> 
> Here are some suggestions:
> 
> * First class support for VTK python wheels, with possibility of selecting rendering backend dynamically (mesa, offscreen, ...)
> 
> * Bridge between VTK-and-ITK (I think Matt M. has done some work in that direction)
> 
> * Improve the existing project started by Matt M.  that already enable use of VTK.js in the notebook. See https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/itk-jupyter-widgetss <https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/itk-jupyter-widgetss>
> 
> * Support interaction between jupyter lab "views". For example, if user interact with the viewer (move a fidicial, ...), other views (e.g table) should be updated
> 
> * Bonus: Allow the community to create python packages based on VTK remote module (similar to what is done for ITK here <https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITKModuleTemplate>)
> 
> Hth
> Jc
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 1:18 PM, Will Schroeder <will.schroeder at kitware.com <mailto:will.schroeder at kitware.com>> wrote:
> We are writing a VTK Maintenance grant. We want to improve the integration of VTK (or more likely VTK.js) into Jupyter Notebooks. What steps should we take to support better integration of VTK into Jupyter Notebooks?
> 
> If it's easier we can talk on the phone tomorrow. Let me know.
> 
> Best,
> W
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