BeakerX is a collection of kernels and extensions to the Jupyter interactive computing platform. Its major features are: 1) JVM kernel support including Java, Scala, Groovy, Clojure, Kotlin, and SQL. The kernels are built from a shared base kernel that includes magics and classpath support. 2) a collection of interactive widgets for time-series plots, tables, and forms. There are APIs for our JVM languages plus Python and JavaScript. 3) prototype autotranslation for polyglot programming 4) One-click publication including interactive widgets, and 5) a data browser with drag-and-drop into the notebook. The presentation will include a demo of BeakerX and discussion of its history and relationship to its predecessor the Beaker Notebook.

1. Tiezheng Li
Tiezheng.Li@twosigma.com
Two Sigma Investments, LLC
April 27, 2018
The Beaker Extensions for Jupyter:

2. Agenda
Beaker Notebook
From Beaker Notebook to BeakerX
BeakerX Live Demo

3. DISCOVERABLE
DATA
DATA
ANALYSIS
+ MODELING
SCALABLE
+ DISTRIBUTED COMPUTE
PUBLICATION
+ COLLABORATION
OUR VISION FOR DATA SCIENCE

4. BEAKER,
AN INTRODUCTION

5. LANGUAGE
MATTERS

8. Oct 2013
Internal GA
Mar 2015
R, Scala, Java, Python2/3 support
Jun 2015
PySpark, SparkR, Clojure, Kdb
support
Nov 2016
BeakerX Pivot
Apr 2016
External Beaker Lab Alpha
LIFE OF BEAKER
May 2014
Open Source Beta
Aug 2017
BeakerX RC1

9. OPEN SOURCE WORLD

10. nbconvert
nbviewer
nbpresent
nbgrader
Jupyter Hub nbdime
nbmanager
binder
Jupyter Lab

11. FORK? MERGE? JOIN?

12. THE PIVOT

14. WE DID IT!

15. 94%

16. 1463

17. 213

18. ● Time Series Visualizations
● JVM Kernels
● Interactive Tables
● Collaborative Publication
● True Polyglot Analysis (in progress)
● Data Discovery (in progress)
BeakerX: A unique addition to the Jupyter Ecosystem

19. DEMO

20. Future Work:
● Migration to Jupyter Lab
● Spark deep integration
● True Polyglot Analysis
● Data Discovery
● and more … !

21. THANK YOU