Add support for REPL

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.0.4 (26 Sept 2021)
+* Support for a REPL (Interactive Window) experience (https://github.com/DonJayamanne/typescript-notebook/issues/37)
+
 ## 2.0.3 (12 Sept 2021)
 * Support for user input in notebooks using [readline](https://nodejs.org/api/readline.html#readline_readline_createinterface_options)
 * Update samples to use `isomorphic-fetch` instead of `node-fetch` (and pre-requisite `npm` packages).

README.md

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ wowever, this extension leverages the power of Notebooks to provide the same ric
 Use the command `Open a sample node.js notebook` to open a sample notebook to get started with plotly.js, danfo.js, tensorflow.js, etc.
 
 ## Getting started
-* Create a file with the extension `*.nnb`, e.g. `sample.nnb`
-* Or use the menu item `New File...` to create a Node.js notebook
+* For a REPL experience use the command `Open Node.js REPL`
+    * Consider installing the [Jupyter](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-toolsai.jupyter) extension for an enhance user interface (toolbars).
+* For a notebook experience, create a file with the extension `*.nnb`, e.g. `sample.nnb`
+    * Or use the menu item `New File...` to create a Node.js notebook
 
 
 ![Demo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DonJayamanne/typescript-notebook/main/images/demo.gif)
@@ -34,7 +36,6 @@ Use the command `Open a sample node.js notebook` to open a sample notebook to ge
 * node.js needs to be in the current path
 
 ## Roadmap
-* Interactive Window experience
 * Open a plain js/ts file as a notebook & vice versa.
 * Better renderers for tabular data (arquero, danfo.js, etc)
 * [Vega](https://vega.github.io/vega/) plots without having to install vega

package.json

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
     "name": "typescript-notebook",
-    "displayName": "Node.js Notebooks",
-    "description": "Iterative & iteractive programming for Node.js in JavaScript/TypeScript, with great support for Tensorflow.js, debugging, & more..",
-    "version": "2.0.3",
+    "displayName": "Node.js Notebooks (REPL)",
+    "description": "Iterative & iteractive programming for Node.js in JavaScript/TypeScript (REPL), with great support for Tensorflow.js, debugging, & more..",
+    "version": "2.0.4",
     "engines": {
         "vscode": "^1.60.0"
     },
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
         "onCommand:node.notebook.sample.basics.debug",
         "onCommand:node.notebook.sample.arquero.htmlOutput",
         "onCommand:node.notebook.new",
+        "onCommand:node.notebook.newREPL",
         "onRenderer:node-notebook-plot-renderer",
         "onRenderer:tensorflow-vis-renderer"
     ],
@@ -87,6 +88,11 @@
                 "command": "node.notebook.sample",
                 "title": "Open a sample node.js notebook"
             },
+            {
+                "category": "Notebook",
+                "command": "node.notebook.newREPL",
+                "title": "Open node.js REPL"
+            },
             {
                 "category": "Notebook",
                 "icon": "$(bug)",

src/extension/const.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export const notebookType = 'node-notebook';
+export const iwnotebookType = 'interactive';
 
 const writingToConsoleOutputCompletdMarker = 'd1786f7c-d2ed-4a27-bd8a-ce19f704d111';
 

src/extension/index.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { ShellKernel } from './kernel/shellKernel';
 import { JavaScriptKernel } from './kernel/jsKernel';
 import { Compiler } from './kernel/compiler';
 import { Samples } from './content/walkThrough';
+import { NodeRepl } from './kernel/repl';
 
 export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
     registerDisposableRegistry(context);
@@ -25,4 +26,5 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
     PlotlyDownloadRenderer.register(context);
     ShellKernel.register(context);
     JavaScriptKernel.register(context);
+    NodeRepl.register(context);
 }

src/extension/kernel/controller.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
     Uri,
     workspace
 } from 'vscode';
-import { notebookType } from '../const';
+import { iwnotebookType, notebookType } from '../const';
 import { IDisposable } from '../types';
 import { disposeAllDisposables, registerDisposable } from '../utils';
 import { CellExecutionQueue } from './cellExecutionQueue';
@@ -21,15 +21,20 @@ export function isBrowserController(controller: NotebookController) {
 }
 export class Controller implements IDisposable {
     private static _tsNbController: NotebookController;
+    private static _iwController: NotebookController;
     public static get nodeNotebookController(): NotebookController {
         return Controller._tsNbController;
     }
+    public static get interactiveController(): NotebookController {
+        return Controller._iwController;
+    }
     private readonly disposables: IDisposable[] = [];
     public static regsiter() {
         registerDisposable(new Controller());
     }
     constructor() {
         Controller._tsNbController = this.createController(notebookType, 'node');
+        Controller._iwController = this.createController(iwnotebookType, 'node');
         workspace.onDidOpenNotebookDocument(
             (e) => {
                 if (e.notebookType === notebookType) {
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ export class Controller implements IDisposable {
     public dispose() {
         disposeAllDisposables(this.disposables);
         Controller._tsNbController.dispose();
+        Controller._iwController.dispose();
     }
     private createController(nbType: string, type: 'node' | 'browser') {
         const controller = notebooks.createNotebookController(

src/extension/kernel/repl.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { commands, ExtensionContext, ViewColumn } from 'vscode';
+import { Controller } from '.';
+
+export class NodeRepl {
+    public static register(context: ExtensionContext) {
+        context.subscriptions.push(
+            commands.registerCommand('node.notebook.newREPL', async () => {
+                await commands.executeCommand(
+                    'interactive.open',
+                    { viewColumn: ViewColumn.Active, preserveFocus: false },
+                    undefined,
+                    Controller.interactiveController.id,
+                    'Node.js REPL'
+                );
+                await commands.executeCommand('notebook.selectKernel', {
+                    id: Controller.interactiveController.id,
+                    extension: 'donjayamanne.typescript-notebook'
+                });
+            })
+        );
+    }
+    constructor() {}
+}