Should the test env have a jupyter lab?

[dhruvbalwada]

Should the test env that is created from one of the environment files in ci have jupyter lab as a default package?

I am wondering how others about doing any dev after setting up the test env in the step 4 or 5 in the contributing guide? Do you do it in .py scripts?

[jbusecke]

It would definitely bloat the dependecies and thus probably slow down the CI (where it is not needed). I personally usually use one 'main' env that contains jupyterlab and then add ipykernel to all specific envs (more details here).
I think for the sake of simplicity it might be good to add a line on how to install jupyterlab on top of the env to the contributor guide.

[dhruvbalwada]

Thanks. Yeah adding a line on how to do this to contribution guide will help