Matt Greenwood
Scott Draves
Beaker is a notebook-style development environment for
working interactively with complex datasets.
Its polyglot architecture allows you to switch between
languages or add new ones with ease.
Beaker is Polyglot
Autotranslation
# set in Python
beaker.x = 10
// use in Javascript
beaker.x + 1
JSON
server
client
Web Browser, HTML5, Angular, MVC
JSON
Doc
Model
nginx
Core Server
Jetty
Jersey
Jackson
Guice
Groovy
GroovyR Python Javascript…
Evaluator Plugins
IPython/ZMQ
Python
Output Plugins
HTML Plot Table …
R
Java/Rserve
…
server
client
Web Browser, HTML5, Angular, MVC
JSON
Doc
Model
nginx
Core Server
Jetty
Jersey
Jackson
Guice
Groovy
GroovyR Python Javascript…
Evaluator Plugins
IPython/ZMQ
Python
Output Plugins
HTML Plot Table …
R
Java/Rserve
…
server
client
Web Browser, HTML5, Angular, MVC
JSON
Doc
Model
nginx
Core Server
Jetty
Jersey
Jackson
Guice
Groovy
GroovyR Python Javascript…
Evaluator Plugins
IPython/ZMQ
Python
Output Plugins
HTML Plot Table …
R
Java/Rserve
…
server
client
Web Browser, HTML5, Angular, MVC
JSON
Doc
Model
nginx
Core Server
Jetty
Jersey
Jackson
Guice
Groovy
GroovyR Python Javascript…
Evaluator Plugins
IPython/ZMQ
Python
Output Plugins
HTML Plot Table …
R
Java/Rserve
…
server
client
Web Browser, HTML5, Angular, MVC
JSON
Doc
Model
nginx
Core Server
Jetty
Jersey
Jackson
Guice
Groovy
GroovyR Python Javascript…
Evaluator Plugins
IPython/ZMQ
Python
Output Plugins
HTML Plot Table …
R
Java/Rserve
…
server
client
Web Browser, HTML5, Angular, MVC
JSON
Doc
Model
nginx
Core Server
Jetty
Jersey
Jackson
Guice
Groovy
GroovyR Python Javascript…
Evaluator Plugins
IPython/ZMQ
Python
Output Plugins
HTML Plot Table …
R
Java/Rserve
…
server
client
Web Browser, HTML5, Angular, MVC
JSON
Doc
Model
nginx
Core Server
Jetty
Jersey
Jackson
Guice
Groovy
GroovyR Python Javascript…
Evaluator Plugins
IPython/ZMQ
Python
Output Plugins
HTML Plot Table …
R
Java/Rserve
…
open source
polyglot
notebook
autotranslation
easy to extend
easy to use
www.BeakerNotebook.com
Autotranslation
# set in Python
beaker.x = 10
// use in Javascript
beaker.x + 1
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { }# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
// Groovy
// GroovyCore Server
beaker: { }# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
Core Server // Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
beaker: { }# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
Core Server // Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
beaker: { }# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
set(“x”, 10)
Core Server // Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
beaker: { }# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
se
t(“x
”, 1
0)
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10 }# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10}# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
“be
ake
r.x +
1”
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10}# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
beaker.x + 1
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10}# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
beaker.x + 1
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10}# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
beaker.x + 1
ge
t(“x
”)
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10}# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
beaker.x + 1
10
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10}# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
beaker.x + 1
10
Problem:
the request and
the reply are in
different threads
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10}# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
beaker.x + 1
1010
Problem:
the request and
the reply are in
different threads
Solution:
use a
java.util.concurrent.
SynchronousQueue
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10}# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
beaker.x + 1
10
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10}# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
⇒ 11
11
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10}# Python
beaker.x + 1
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
⇒ 11
Core Server // Groovy
beaker: { x: 10}# Python
beaker.x + 1 ⇒ 11
// Groovy
beaker.x = 5+5
# Python
