Interactive Java Notebooks (IJNB) support

[ivan-velikanov]

It seems oracle recently added IJNB support in java for vscode
https://github.com/oracle/javavscode/wiki/Interactive-Java-Notebooks

I believe javavscode is powered by netbeans and is probably powering some (if not all) stuff behind that notebook, then does netbeans natively also support IJNB or any plans of doing so in the near future?

Given that this is a very new feature, I guess it might take some time to trickle into netbeans. If I get a notebook with support for adding any maven dependency with netbeans autocompletion, I would be very excited for using it for quick experiments and prototyping. I wouldn't compare a notebook with jshell, because in notebook it is easier to store and also see intermediate states and outputs and redo/resume from mid point. I feel this would be very useful for many scenarios.

[Eclesia]

I don't have the solution, but I am trying to do something similar : #9110

It should be possible to support a IJNB inside any desktop application using :

• Netbeans LSP to provide an editor functionality
• Netbeans text module, Swing or JavaFX rich text area component
• Java Compiler API or JShell to execute it

It would really be nice to have some help here from the netbeans team.

[priyanahata]

Eclesia, check our github page, we have a netbeans plugin and a standalone app that does this https://github.com/anahata-os
ping us on discord if you need help

[priyanahata]

check this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBP7s6cQhMQ

[priyanahata]

Ivan, on the plugin, we didnt use the LSP api but the model can still "surf" through the sources of your code or any dependencies and inspect java types using netbeans apis that existed "much before LSP". Check CodeModel, JavaAnalysis, JavaSources tools, it also has a "go to type" feature for the model to find "similar types" in your projects classpath

[Chris2011]

My 2 cents, you just need a TopComponent with different parts inside of it. So adding JEditorPane with/without a LineComponent as you would do it in any other applcaation. You can also check this repo to check the integration of the response panel: https://github.com/javierllorente/netbeans-rest-client and then you should have code completion by default.