Add support for IPyWidgets 8

.azure-pipelines/pipeline.yml

@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ resources:
 
 parameters:
  - name: publishPackage
- displayName: 🚀 Publish @vscode/jupyter-ipywidgets7
+ displayName: 🚀 Publish @vscode/jupyter-ipywidgets8
  type: boolean
  default: false
 
 extends:
  template: azure-pipelines/npm-package/pipeline.yml@templates
  parameters:
  npmPackages:
- - name: jupyter-ipywidgets7
+ - name: jupyter-ipywidgets8
  testPlatforms: []
 
  buildSteps:

.gitignore

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ npm-debug.log
 bin/**
 obj/**
 tmp/**
+tsconfig.tsbuildinfo

.nvmrc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v16.14.2

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Contributing to the IPyWidgets npm package for Jupyter Extension in Visual Studio Code
+
+## Contributing a pull request
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+1. [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) 16.14.2
+2. [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) 8.15.1
+4. Windows, macOS, or Linux
+5. [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
+
+### Setup
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-jupyter-ipywidgets
+cd vscode-jupyter-ipywidgets
+npm ci
+```
+
+### Build
+
+You can compile from the command-line. For a full compile you can use:
+
+```shell
+npx run build:dev
+```
+
+### Errors and Warnings
+
+TypeScript errors and warnings will be displayed in the `Problems` window of Visual Studio Code.
+
+## Branches
+* `main` branch is to be used for the maintenance of the v8 package (`@vscode/jupyter-ipywidgets8`).