[GSOC 25] Enhanced Interactive Pipeline Development Environment for JupyterLab

[Chenzo1001]

GSoC 2025 Progress Tracker

Student: [Canyu CHEN] (@Chenzo1001)
Mentors: [XQ Hu] (@liferoad)
Organization: [Apache Beam]
Proposal Link: Here

📌 Project Overview

BeamVision transforms Apache Beam pipeline development in JupyterLab by replacing fragmented visualizations with an integrated workspace. The solution implements:

• Dynamic side panel for consolidated pipeline inspection
• Hybrid rendering (kernel HTML + D3.js) per technical specs
• Cluster management for Flink/Dataproc integration
• Multi-tab comparison interface for workflow analysis

Key Objectives:

• [x] Upgrade JupyterLab version of the Sidepanel to 4.x (PR #34495)
• [ ] Fix some bugs of Interactive Beam or Sidepanel
• [ ] Implement collapsible visualization panel
• [ ] Develop kernel-to-frontend data protocol
• [ ] Achieve 100% backward compatibility
• [ ] Deliver Flink cluster control interface
• [ ] Optimize rendering for 1GB+ datasets

🗓 Timeline

Community Bonding Period (May 1 - May 31)

• [x] Establish dev environment (Beam 2.65, JupyterLab 4.3)
• [x] Upgrade the JupterLab version of Sidepanel.
• [x] Attend Beam College and its hackathon. hackathon demo

Coding Phase 1 (June 1 - June 30)

Milestone 1: []

• [ ] Fix crash problem when pip install apache-beam[interactive] on Google Colab.
• [ ] Release the upgraded NPM package apache-beam-jupyterlab-sidepanel v4.0

Coding Phase 2 (July 1 - July 31)

Milestone 2: []

Final Phase (August 1 - August 31)

Milestone 3: []

🎯 Final Deliverables

• [ ] Upgraded JupyterLab Sidepanel extension
• [ ] Interactive demo notebook
• [ ] New Sidepanel UI/UX
• [ ] Release documents, etc.
• [ ] Fixed bugs.

💡 Additional Notes