Pyforest doesn't show import lines in VSCode

[rohitsathish]

Environment

• Operating System: Windows 10 Home
• Python Version: Python 3.8.5
• How did you install pyforest: pip install

Description of Issue

• What did you expect to happen?
  Pyforest includes import lines of packages in the first cell.
• What happened instead?
  Pyforest imports the packages and they work fine, however the imports are not included in the first cell. Hence code completions and hinting don't work for the imported packages since Pylance (language server)/Intellisense don't detect the import.

Reproduction Steps

1. Install VSCode Insiders and Pyforest.
2. Open a Jupyter Notebook and start writing code without import.

[FlorianWetschoreck]

Sorry, but the code export of pyforest does not work in VSCode yet because it does not use the standard Jupyter notebook frontend interfaces/architecture.

Also, sorry about the missing completions/hinting. Maybe Pylance/Intellisense only/mostly perform static code analyses and then, the pyforest architecture will make it hard for those to work. If they would perform dynamic lookups of the available methods/attributes similar to Jupyter notebook, it should work.

Happy to receive PRs that will fix some of the issues.

[rohitsathish]

Thanks for the reply @FlorianWetschoreck

Are there any plans for VSCode integration in the pipeline? Since VSCode is one of the most popular IDEs that also supports jupyter notebooks, it seems like it would hold a significant share of your target audience. Pyforest is a great package, but it would be hard to leave VSCode just for that.

[FlorianWetschoreck]

Currently, there are no plans but anyone can help if they tackle the following two impediments:

• We do not see a way to support live export in VSCode because their Notebook API is not public (as of my understanding). Any new information would be great.
• The feasibility of being supported by the auto-completion engines will need further research. Any input on this is also appreciated.