Display local and remote kernels in together in the kernel picker

[DonJayamanne]

Refs: #8489

• anyOS @kimadeline
• anyOS @joyceerhl

Complexity: 4

Authors: @DonJayamanne

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We now allow users to connect to local and remote jupyter servers within the same VS Code session.

Setup steps:

1. Install some version of python
2. Make sure you have Jupyter installed
   For non-conda environments use the command python -m pip install jupyter notebook, and for conda use the commands conda install -c conda-forge notebook
3. Install pre-release version of Jupyter & Python extension from marketplace (it has insiders only versions)
4. Start jupyter as follows python -m jupyter notebook
5. Copy the url printed in the terminal output (of the form http://localhost:8888/?token=aae7097a0f2e63)

Test steps: (repeat multiple times)

1. Create a jupyter notebook and run a Python cell against a local kernel
2. Open the command palette and select the command Jupyter; Specify local or remote..
   • Select the option Existing & enter the URl copied earlier
3. Go back into the notebook and select a remote kernel (the remote kernels will be categorized as (Remote) Jupyter Kernel)
4. Attempt to run a cell against this Jupyter kernel & verify it works

[joyceerhl]

Install pre-release version of Jupyter & Python extension from marketplace

I see a pre-release option for the Jupyter extension, but not the Python extension. To test this with the Python extension are we supposed to just install the daily channel?

[joyceerhl]

FYI, there were two Create Issue links in this TPI header. I removed the one that pointed to #8489 so that all the mentions show up linked to this TPI.

[DonJayamanne]

. To test this with the Python extension are we supposed to just install the daily channel?

Yes