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2 years ago

end user UI in notebook

Is there a way to present a form to users in a fabric notebook and retrieve the data entered either with a Python UI library such as tkinter or with an HTML form?   In the first case (Tkinter), it ...
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2 years ago

I did some more research, below are some additional information regarding tkinter

 

Why tkinter is not suitable for Fabric notebooks:

tkinter is a Python library used for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs). It relies on a display server to render the GUI elements. In environments like Fabric notebooks, which are often run on remote servers or in headless setups (without a graphical display), there is no display server available. This leads to errors like TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable. Instead, you can use ipywidgets or other notebook-friendly libraries.

 

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Jing

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    2 years ago

    Maybe before notebooks were reserved for data scientists and for their own use but this is no longer the case in 2024. Soon (Q3 2024), we will even be able to publish a notebook in a Power BI application. Notebooks become an alternative method to present user data. We then have the immensity of python libraries, the possibilities multiply enormously by delivering notebook solutions to end users. This will be increasingly used in this sense.