In this (first!) episode of Sample Space we talk to Trevor Mantz, the creator of anywidget. It's a (neat!) tool to help you build more interactive notebooks by giving you tools to apply just enough Javascript to get directional communication working in your favorite notebook environment. That means that Python can talk to widgets, but also that widgets can talk to Python. There's a lot to like about these widgets and we're doing a proper deep dive in this first episode. 00:00 Introduction 02:45 What is Anywidget? 06:10 From JS to Python and Jupyter 22:30 Frontend Expectations 40:22 Browser Features 56:47 Community and Future Like the podcast? Follow us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sample-space/id1739598572 https://open.spotify.com/show/0BnwEHuyOlHgeZfselpn1n To learn more about anywidget, check out the docs here: https://anywidget.dev/ In particular you may want to glance at the galary first, it has loads of nice examples: https://anywidget.dev/en/community/ You can also find the project on Github: https://github.com/manzt/anywidget If you're eager to talk to folks involved with the project, consider joining the discord here: https://discord.gg/W5h4vPMbDQ