Configure the user interface#

You can build several user interfaces into the resulting Docker image. This is controlled with various configuration files.

JupyterLab#

JupyterLab is the default interface for repo2docker.

The following Binder URL will open the pyTudes repository and begin a JupyterLab session in the ipynb folder:

https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/norvig/pytudes/HEAD?urlpath=lab/tree/ipynb

The /tree/ipynb above is how JupyterLab directs you to a specific file or folder.

To learn more about URLs in JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook, visit starting JupyterLab.

Classic Notebook Interface#

The classic notebook is also available without any configuration. To switch to the classic notebook, You do not need any extra configuration in order to allow the use of the classic notebook interface. You can launch the classic notebook interface from within a user session by opening JupyterLab and replacing /lab/ with /tree/ in the default juptyerlab URL like so:

http(s)://<server:port>/tree/

And you can switch back to JupyterLab by replacing /tree/ with /lab/:

http(s)://<server:port>/lab/

RStudio#

The RStudio user interface is automatically enabled if a configuration file for R is detected (i.e. an R version specified in runtime.txt). If this is detected, RStudio will be accessible by appending /rstudio to the URL, like so:

http(s)://<server:port>/rstudio

For example, the following Binder link will open an RStudio session in the R demo repository.

http://mybinder.org/v2/gh/binder-examples/r/HEAD?urlpath=rstudio

Shiny#

Shiny lets you create interactive visualizations with R. Shiny is automatically enabled if a configuration file for R is detected (i.e. an R version specified in runtime.txt). If this is detected, Shiny will be accessible by appending /shiny/<folder-w-shiny-files> to the URL, like so:

http(s)://<server:port>/shiny/bus-dashboard

This assumes that a folder called bus-dashboard exists in the root of the repository, and that it contains all of the files needed to run a Shiny app.

For example, the following Binder link will open a Shiny session in the R demo repository.

http://mybinder.org/v2/gh/binder-examples/r/HEAD?urlpath=shiny/bus-dashboard/

Stencila#

Note

Stencila support has been removed due to changes in stencila making it incompatible. Please get in touch if you would like to help restore stencila support.