Getting Started with JupyterLab

Posit Workbench supports launching JupyterLab sessions from the Posit Workbench home page. JupyterLab is a popular source-code editor and interactive development environment built by Project Jupyter.

Screenshot of JupyterLab home page in Posit Workbench.

Start a JupyterLab session

To start a new session:

  • From the Posit Workbench home page, click + New Session.
  • Click the JupyterLab button.
  • Click the Start Session button.

Screenshot of starting a new JupyterLab session from the Posit Workbench home page.

Once the session is ready Posit Workbench automatically opens JupyterLab in your current browser window.

Tip

If you do not see JupyterLab as an option in the Editor drop-down, then please reach out to your System Administrator for Posit Workbench.

Return to the Posit Workbench home page

To return to the Posit Workbench home page, click the Posit Logo button located at the top-left section of the menu bar.

Screenshot of JupyterLab navigating back to the Posit Workbench home page.