Opening a ipynb file in vscode

[nscsekhar]

Environment data

VS Code version:1.11.1
Jupyter Extension version:4.2.1
OS and version:OSX Sierra

Logs

Output from Jupyter output panel
None

Output from Console window (Help->Developer Tools menu)
None

Actual behavior

When I try to open a ipynb file, it opens as a raw json like data.

Expected behavior

I would like to see it as cells and text.

I feel the web interface for ipynb is not great for step wise edit and debugging. I think vscode jupyter is really great extension but it works only on cells (atleast the examples I have seen). Is there a way to open existing ipynb files in vscode in a way to run and debug?

Thanks..

Steps to reproduce:

Open any ipynb file using vscode after installing the jupyter extension.

[DonJayamanne]

Ipynb files are not supported by this extension. There are no immediate plans to support this either.

[yzhang-gh]

Could this be reopened as a feature request? It is a really great feature.

[eromoe]

Yeah, with .ipynb support, you can share your notebook with others more easily.
At least, please support convertion bettween .ipynb and .py .

[sajaysurya]

A 2-way conversion between .ipynb and .py (suitable for this extension) would be very useful. Please implement this enhancement, if possible.

[jarandaf]

It should be relatively easy to accomplish using nbconvert and nbformat.

[tigerhawkvok]

I was just looking for this and ran across this issue, so let me chime in with support.

@jarandaf , maybe submit a PR? I'm new to notebooks so I'd be digging in the dark.

[harrypotter0]

@tigerhawkvok Any update on this issue ?

[kabukunz]

Yes please! It'd be very handy!

[mwouts]

I plan to work on a script exporter/importer for Jupyter notebooks, compatible with the Jupyter extension for VS code, at mwouts/jupytext#59. Please review the specifications there if you are interested. Thanks.

[mwouts]

Hello everyone. I just published a new RC for Jupytext. Jupytext can now convert double percent scripts to Jupyter notebooks, and back. Would you like to test and provide feedback?

Install the rc with

pip install jupytext==0.7.0rc0

Corresponding documentation (how to use the command line interface, or how to setup Jupyter to read or save notebooks to double percent files) is the v0.7.0 branch.

Feedback is welcome!