Pydeck: visualization without jupyter

[iegorval]

Hi all, it seems I am missing some important piece of information. All examples & articles on PyDeck demonstrate its usage in Jupyter notebook. I need to run it without Jupyter by just creating a window. Is this available directly through PyDeck (just running .show() on deck that worked in Jupyter does not do the trick)? If yes, how? If no, what would you recommend me for the best view of the html-rendered deck?

[donmccurdy]

Outside of Jupyter (and certain other notebook environments) pydeck generates an HTML file, but does not:

1. run a local server to host that HTML page, or
2. launch a window in any particular browser to view the locally-hosted HTML

For steps (1) you could use any Python local HTTP server, or similar Node.js servers, or desktop apps like WorldWideWeb. Some of these local servers might open a browser window for you, others may require you to copy/paste the URL into the browser yourself.

[iegorval]

Thanks for a fast answer! Was not sure if I should make a local HTTP or if there is some functionality directly in PyDeck which I cannot find.