Jupyter Notebook Extension

Jupyter Notebook extensions are add-ons that enhance the functionality of the Jupyter Notebook interface. They allow users to customize and improve their experience by adding various features.

Examples of Jupyter Notebook Extensions

1. Code Folding: The jupyter_fold extension helps users focus on specific sections by enabling code cells to be folded and unfolded.
2. Spellchecking: The spellchecker extension highlights misspelt words in both code and Markdown cells.
3. Table of contents: The toc extension automatically generates a table of contents based on Markdown headers, improving navigation within a notebook.

Installing Jupyter Notebook extensions

The Jupyter Notebook extensions are available through the open-source package jupyter_contrib_nbextensions. This Python package provides several unofficial extensions designed to enhance Jupyter Notebook’s capabilities.

To install it, run the following command:

pip install jupyter_contrib_nbextensions && jupyter contrib nbextension install --user

To add the nbextensions to the Jupyter server’s search directory, use:

jupyter contrib nbextension install

Enabling/Disabling Extensions

After installation, users need to enable specific extensions like this:

jupyter nbextension enable <extension-name>

And to disable:

jupyter nbextension disable <extension-name>