Create a Custom widget

If you are not satisfied with the current available widgets you have two options to build a custom widget. the first one, is building a widget externally using the provided-cookiecutter The following section will provide a cookbook on how to use the cookiecutter.

• Use the Cookiecutter
  • First step: Create an empty repository
  • Second step: cookiecutter readme
  • Fourth step: code

A second option is to fork ipyreact, implement your widget based on Widget base class, make it work and ask for a pull request. Do know however that this option is reserved to generic and universal widgets only.

• Adding a widget to ipyreact
  • Creating the frontend part
  • Creating the backend part
  • Testing it in a notebook