Is there a way i can run typescript/javascript in deepnote easily with a docker image?

Question

I am trying to run typescript in deepnote, since it supports docker image i stupidly started slapping node+python docker images like nikolaik/python-nodejs:latest hoping it would work but to no avail.

any ideas ?

Answer 1

This is indeed possible, you can find some inspiration in my post in Deepnote Community or clone this particular notebook.

It is based on the tslab kernel for Jupyter. Here is how my Dockerfile looks like exactly:

FROM deepnote/python:3.10

ENV NODE_VERSION=18.16.0
ENV NVM_DIR=/opt/nvm
RUN mkdir $NVM_DIR

RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash
RUN . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" && nvm install ${NODE_VERSION}
RUN . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" && nvm use v${NODE_VERSION}
RUN . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" && nvm alias default v${NODE_VERSION}
ENV PATH="${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v${NODE_VERSION}/bin/:${PATH}"
RUN node --version
RUN npm --version

# Installing tslab is problematic as root
RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash tslab-installer
RUN chmod -R 777 /opt/nvm
RUN sudo -u tslab-installer sh -c ' \
    export NVM_DIR=/opt/nvm; \
    . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" && nvm install ${NODE_VERSION}; \
    . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" && nvm use v${NODE_VERSION}; \
    . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" && nvm alias default v${NODE_VERSION}; \
    PATH="/opt/nvm/versions/node/v${NODE_VERSION}/bin/:${PATH}"; \
    /opt/nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/bin/npm i -g tslab'

RUN pip install jupyter
RUN tslab install

ENV NODE_PATH "${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v${NODE_VERSION}/lib/node_modules"
ENV DEFAULT_KERNEL_NAME "tslab"

Here is a bit more info about Custom Environments and Custom kernels in Deepnote docs.