Kotlin kernel for IPython/Jupyter

Kotlin (1.4.0) kernel for Jupyter.

Beta version. Tested with Jupyter Notebook 6.0.3, Jupyter Lab 1.2.6 and Jupyter Console 6.1.0 on Windows, Ubuntu Linux and MacOS. Using with Jupyter Console frontend is problematic now because of logging which cannot be switched off. Tuning logging options is planned for future releases.

To start using Kotlin kernel for Jupyter take a look at introductory guide.

Example notebooks can be found in the samples folder

Try samples online:

Installation

There are three ways to install kernel:

Conda

If you have conda installed, just run the following command to install stable package version:

conda install -c jetbrains kotlin-jupyter-kernel (package home)

To install conda package from the dev channel:

conda install -c jetbrains-dev kotlin-jupyter-kernel (package home)

Uninstall: conda remove kotlin-jupyter-kernel

Pip

You can also install this package through pip:

Stable: pip install kotlin-jupyter-kernel (package home)

Dev: pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ kotlin-jupyter-kernel (package home)

Uninstall: pip uninstall kotlin-jupyter-kernel

From sources

git clone https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlin-jupyter.git
cd kotlin-jupyter
./gradlew install

Default installation path is ~/.ipython/kernels/kotlin/. To install to some other location use option -PinstallPath=, but note that Jupyter looks for kernel specs files only in predefined places

Uninstall: ./gradlew uninstall

Usage

jupyter console --kernel=kotlin
jupyter notebook
jupyter lab

To start using kotlin kernel inside Jupyter Notebook or JupyterLab create a new notebook with kotlin kernel.

Supported functionality

REPL commands

The following REPL commands are supported:

:help - displays REPL commands help
:classpath - displays current classpath

Dependencies resolving annotations

It is possible to add dynamic dependencies to the notebook using the following annotations:

@file:DependsOn(<coordinates>) - adds artifacts to classpath. Supports absolute and relative paths to class directories or jars, ivy and maven artifacts represented by colon separated string
@file:Repository(<absolute-path>) - adds a directory for relative path resolution or ivy/maven repository. To specify Maven local, use @file:Repository("*mavenLocal").

Note that dependencies in remote repositories are resolved via Ivy resolver. Caches are stored in ~/.ivy2/cache folder by default. Sometimes, due to network issues or running several artifacts resolutions in parallel, caches may get corrupted. If you have some troubles with artifacts resolution, please remove caches, restart kernel and try again.

Default repositories

The following maven repositories are included by default:

Line Magics

The following line magics are supported:

%use <lib1>, <lib2> ... - injects code for supported libraries: artifact resolution, default imports, initialization code, type renderers
%trackClasspath - logs any changes of current classpath. Useful for debugging artifact resolution failures
%trackExecution - logs pieces of code that are going to be executed. Useful for debugging of libraries support
%useLatestDescriptors - use latest versions of library descriptors available. By default, bundled descriptors are used
%output [options] - output capturing settings.

See detailed info about line magics here.

Supported Libraries

When a library is included with %use keyword, the following functionality is added to the notebook:

repositories to search for library artifacts
artifact dependencies
default imports
library initialization code
renderers for special types, e.g. charts and data frames

This behavior is defined by json library descriptor. Descriptors for all supported libraries can be found in libraries directory. A library descriptor may provide a set of properties with default values that can be overridden when library is included. The major use case for library properties is to specify particular version of library. If descriptor has only one property, it can be defined without naming:

%use krangl(0.10)

If library descriptor defines more than one property, property names should be used:

%use spark(scala=2.11.10, spark=2.4.2)

Several libraries can be included in single %use statement, separated by ,:

%use lets-plot, krangl, mysql(8.0.15)

You can also specify the source of library descriptor. By default, it's downloaded from the latest commit on the branch which kernel was built from. If you want to try descriptor from another revision, use the following syntax:

// Specify tag
%use lets-plot@0.8.2.5
// Specify commit sha, with more verbose syntax
%use lets-plot@ref[24a040fe22335648885b106e2f4ddd63b4d49469]
// Specify git ref along with library arguments
%use krangl@dev(0.10)

Other options are resolving library descriptor from a local file or from remote URL:

// Load library from file
%use mylib@file[/home/user/lib.json]
// Load library from file: kernel will guess it's a file actually
%use @/home/user/libs/lib.json
// Or use another approach: specify a directory and file name without 
// extension (it should be JSON in such case) before it
%use lib@/home/user/libs
// Load library descriptor from a remote URL
%use herlib@url[https://site.com/lib.json]
// If your URL responds with 200(OK), you may skip `url[]` part:
%use @https://site.com/lib.json
// You may omit library name for file and URL resolution:
%use @file[lib.json]

List of supported libraries:

dataframe - Kotlin framework for structured data processing
deeplearning4j - Deep learning library for the JVM
deeplearning4j-cuda - Deep learning library for the JVM (CUDA support)
default - Default imports: dataframe and lets-plot libraries
exposed - Kotlin SQL framework
fuel - HTTP networking library
gral - Java library for displaying plots
kaliningraph - Graph library with a DSL for constructing graphs and visualizing the behavior of graph algorithms
khttp - HTTP networking library
klaxon - JSON parser for Kotlin
kmath - Experimental Kotlin mathematical library operating on generic algebras
koma - Scientific computing library
kotlin-statistics - Idiomatic statistical operators for Kotlin
krangl - Kotlin DSL for data wrangling
kravis - Kotlin grammar for data visualization
lets-plot - ggplot-like interactive visualization for Kotlin
lets-plot-dataframe - A bridge between lets-plot and dataframe libraries
mysql - MySql JDBC Connector
numpy - Kotlin wrapper for Python NumPy package
plotly - An experimental plotly.kt integration module. Supports static plots and HTML dashboards.
plotly-server - An experimental plotly.kt-server integration module. Allows dynamic rendering of changing plots.
smile - Statistical Machine Intelligence and Learning Engine
spark - Unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing

Rich output

By default the return values from REPL statements are displayed in the text form. To use richer representations, e.g. to display graphics or html, it is possible to send MIME-encoded result to the client using the MIME helper function:

fun MIME(vararg mimeToData: Pair<String, Any>): MimeTypedResult

E.g.:

MIME("text/html" to "<p>Some <em>HTML</em></p>", "text/plain" to "No HTML for text clients")

HTML outputs can also be rendered with HTML helper function:

fun HTML(text: String): MimeTypedResult

Autocompletion

Press TAB to get the list of suggested items for completion. In Jupyter Notebook, you don't need to press TAB, completion is requested automatically. Completion works for all globally defined symbols and for local symbols which were loaded into notebook during cells evaluation.

Error analysis

If you use Jupyter Notebook as Jupyter client, you will also see that compilation errors and warnings are underlined in red and in yellow correspondingly. This is achieved by kernel-level extension of Jupyter notebook which sends error-analysis requests to kernel and renders their results. If you hover the cursor over underlined text, you will get an error message which can help you to fix the error.

Debugging

Run ./gradlew installDebug. Use option -PdebugPort= to specify port address for debugger. Default port is 1044.
Run jupyter-notebook
Attach a remote debugger to JVM with specified port

Adding new libraries

To support new JVM library and make it available via %use magic command you need to create a library descriptor for it.

Check libraries directory to see examples of library descriptors.

Library descriptor is a <libName>.json file with the following fields:

properties: a dictionary of properties that are used within library descriptor
description: a short library description which is used for generating libraries list in README
link: a link to library homepage. This link will be displayed in :help command
minKernelVersion: a minimal version of Kotlin kernel which may be used with this descriptor
repositories: a list of maven or ivy repositories to search for dependencies
dependencies: a list of library dependencies
imports: a list of default imports for library
init: a list of code snippets to be executed when library is included
initCell: a list of code snippets to be executed before execution of any cell
shutdown: a list of code snippets to be executed on kernel shutdown. Any cleanup code goes here
renderers: a list of type converters for special rendering of particular types

*All fields are optional

Fields for type renderer:

class: fully-qualified class name for the type to be rendered
result: expression that produces output value. Source object is referenced as $it

Name of the file is a library name that is passed to '%use' command

Library properties can be used in any parts of library descriptor as $property

To register new library descriptor:

For private usage - create it anywhere on your computer and reference it using file syntax.
For sharing with community - commit it to libraries directory and create pull request.

If you are maintaining some library and want to update your library descriptor, create pull request with your update. After your request is accepted, new version of your library will be available to all Kotlin Jupyter users immediately on next kernel startup (no kernel update is needed) - but only if they use useLatestDescriptors magic. If not, kernel update is needed.

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