Import .NET notebook as module

[roberchi]

I create a simple extension here https://github.com/roberchi/Chino.Jupyter.Extensions to support the loading .NET notebook as modules in order to create a kind of library of notebooks. The extension simply load the notebook specified #!import [path\notebook] by loading the json definition and execute each code cell in the same handling kernel of the extension. Do you think colud be a relevant feature and can be included in the core? I'm not expert in the kernel implementation and extension so my code need to be reviewed and improved :-)

[jonsequitur]

I think this would be a very useful feature to include and we'd be happy to help you with a PR.

There are a few things to consider:

• Is #!import the right name? The F# and C# interactive tools (CSI and FSI) both currently support a #load directive:

  • CSI's #load directive is used to load .csx. scripts

  • FSI's #load directive is used to load .fs source files or .fsx scripts.

  So "load" might be a more familiar term here, but a distinction between #load and #!load seems confusing. We could potentially shadow the underlying #load directives and augment them with additional functionality to add support for .ipynb (and possibly other formats.)

• We might consider iterating on this in our extension lab. We plan to publish these as NuGet packages (#398).

[jonsequitur]

@LadyNaggaga @cartermp @tmat @KevinRansom Thoughts on this?

[roberchi]

@jonsequitur by my side, extends #load directive to support .ipynb is a great idea.

[LadyNaggaga]

I think this would a very useful feature too. I am onboard

[jonsequitur]

Maybe this should be #r "notebook:/path/to/notebook"