Test Variable Viewer in the web

Refs: #9664

• web @Tyriar
• web @weinand

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Requirements

• Install prerelease jupyter extension into http://insiders.vscode.dev
• Have a python environment that you can run jupyter from. (https://jupyter.org/install)
• Be familiar with jupyter notebooks

Set up

1. Go to a command prompt where you’ve installed jupyter into a python environment
2. Switch to a folder you’re using for testing
3. Run jupyter with the following command jupyter notebook --no-browser --NotebookApp.allow_origin=*

Test Steps

1. Open insiders.vscode.dev and create a new python file
2. Add variables in the python file (Try adding some, and then in another run try adding many different variables).
3. Connet to the jupyter server:
   1. Run the ‘Jupyter: Specify jupyter server for connections’ command, or use the link from the IW’s info message
   2. Pick ‘Existing’
   3. Paste the URL from the jupyter notebook server you started in step 3 of the setup
4. Run the command Jupyter: Focus on Variables View.
5. Run the file with Juptyer: Run Current File in Interactive Window.
6. See that the variables in the Variable View matched the expectations.

Try again with a .ipynb file:

1. Open insiders.vscode.dev and create a new .ipynb file.
2. Add variables in the python file (Try adding some, and then in another run try adding many different variables).
3. Connet to the jupyter server:
   1. Run the ‘Jupyter: Specify jupyter server for connections’ command, or use the link from the IW’s info message
   2. Pick ‘Existing’
   3. Paste the URL from the jupyter notebook server you started in step 3 of the setup
4. Run the command Jupyter: Focus on Variables View.
5. Run the cells on your file.
6. See that the variables in the Variable View matched the expectations.

[weinand]

@sadasant yes, with the new version things look much better…

[sadasant]

@weinand turns out we haven’t published the Variable Viewer! Our build failed on Friday. I’ll provide an update soon.