Python Data Science devcontainer

A minimal working setup providing a devcontainer for vscode + python + jupyter notebooks.

Sources / Prerequisites

• vscode
• Remote - Containers extension for vscode
• Docker + docker-compose
  • Image: amalic/jupyterlab
  • Found in this repository by @amalic

Usage

1. Install vscode and the Remote - Containers extension
2. Click on the small green button >< on the bottom left of vscode OR (ctrl+p)
3. Type and choose >Remote-Containers: Reopen in Container

Notes

Changing the current working directory (cwd) enables you to utilize relative imports in your jupyter notebook.

Example (included in repo):

• Local Module (src/util.py)
• Notebook (src/example.ipynb)

# This needs to be ran to make relative imports work
import os
os.chdir("/workspaces")
os.getcwd()

License

MIT