Interactive Plots in JupyterLab

There are several ways to plot interactively in JupyterLab.

• Altair
• Plotly
• Bokeh
• ipywidgets

Between all the above, I found ipywidgets easier to use than the others.

To be able to use ipywidgets, some installations are needed:

• If we work in user mode in Linux, then clone the actual environment with:
  • conda create –name mytorch –clone torch
• Activate the new environment:
  • conda activate mytorch
• Install all necessary software such as Jupyter-Lab if needed:
  • conda install -c conda-forge jupyterlab
• Then install the following:
  • conda install -c conda-forge ipympl
  • conda install -c conda-forge nodejs
  • jupyter labextension install @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager
  • jupyter lab build
• Then add “%matplotlib widget” to your jupyter notebook.

Enjoy it!