On the radar for the next 0.7 release: github.com/jupyterlite/...

By app do you mean JupyterLab Desktop?

If so, it unfortunately currently suffers from a lack of maintenance: github.com/jupyterlab/j...

So hopefully there will be a solution for this because JupyterLab Desktop definitely helps address the "Getting Started" usability issue you mentioned.

Right, this has been indeed been discussed for a long time and keeps coming back: github.com/jupyterlab-c...

One challenge is also to agree on what needs to be included by default. And if some of these extensions are not official, how to make sure they get proper support and maintenance.

Thanks 👍

Do you think it would already be an improvement if JupyterLab shipped with a couple of useful extensions like LSP or code formatting? For example in a different metapackage.

Indeed!

Although given the complexity dependency management, virtual environments, and all the different deployment scenarios, maybe a good starting point would be to explore this in an extension first.

I just tried it.

The fact that "input" now works is a major, major game changer.

I just tried a few other things, and they all work perfectly -- certainly perfectly enough for my "Python for non-programmers" class.

Wow. Kudos to the entire Jupyter team. I'm so impressed and delighted.

Great to hear!

Don't hesitate to report issues if you find any, or share ideas and feedback for future features. Thanks!

If you would like to try the latest JupyterLab 4.4 release candidate and Jupyter Notebook 7.4 beta yourself:

➡️ pip install --pre jupyterlab notebook

Please feel free to report issues if you find any, thanks! 🙏