From b4ec95e8d256c17dbc659a49aab8ba4171a483d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trevor Manz Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:50:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add section on relationship with jupyter widgets --- docs/src/pages/en/getting-started.mdx | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/pages/en/getting-started.mdx b/docs/src/pages/en/getting-started.mdx index 4f76772d..5f757c56 100644 --- a/docs/src/pages/en/getting-started.mdx +++ b/docs/src/pages/en/getting-started.mdx @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import CounterButton from "../../components/CounterButton.astro"; ## What is anywidget? **anywidget** is both a **specification** and **toolkit** for authoring -portable and reusable web-based widgets for interactive computing environments. -As a specification, it defines a standard for widget front-end code. As a -toolkit, it provides tools for authoring widget front-end code according to the +reusable web-based widgets for interactive computing environments. As a +specification, it defines a standard for widget front-end code. As a toolkit, +it provides tools for authoring widget front-end code according to the specification, as well as a Python library that simplifies creating and publishing custom [Jupyter Widgets](https://ipywidgets.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). @@ -165,3 +165,14 @@ and publishing a package on PyPI. allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen > + +## Relationship to Jupyter Widgets + +**anywidget** began as a modern alternative for authoring custom Jupyter +Widgets and is now the [recommended +method](https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/widget-cookiecutter) for creating +them. The project has since grown in scope as [AFM](/en/afm) has been adopted +by platforms beyond Python and Jupyter. While maintaining its primary focus on +Jupyter Widgets, **anywidget** now enables the creation of custom widgets for a +variety of interactive computing environments (including Deno, R, and entirely +in the browser).