Code Assist is automatically installed in Domino version 5.5 and above.

For Domino versions 5.4 and below, choose the right installation method depending on how often and where you want to access Code Assist.

Prerequisites

You need the following minimum Python and Python package versions to install Code Assist:

python >= 3.6
plotly >= 5.5
JupyterLab == 3

If you plan to install the latest DCA version with AutoML and Foundation Models features (1.3.0+), you will also need the following specific Python package versions:

mlflow >= 2.4
transformers ⇐ 4.29.2
datasets == 2.12.0
torch == 2.0.1
accelerate == 0.19.0

Install Code Assist in a Workspace

Installing Domino Code Assist in a Workspace is easiest way to get started with Code Assist.

If you don’t have a Jupyter, JupyterLab, or RStudio workspace, learn how to launch a workspace.

The next steps depend on the language you want to use: Python (Jupyter or JupyterLab) or R (RStudio).

Run the following command in a notebook code cell:

!pip install --user domino-code-assist

!pip install --user domino-code-assist

After the installation completes, refresh your browser tab. The Domino Code Assist button appears in the Jupyter toolbar. Click this button to initialize Code Assist.

Note	When you pip install domino-code-assist, Domino automatically adds Code Assist to the `requirements.txt` file for the project. This means that all subsequent executions (including workspaces) will install Code Assist. To learn more, see Use requirements.txt.

Upgrade an existing installation:

We do not recommend upgrading Code Assist with pip install --upgrade.

If you specified a specific version in your pip install, edit the requirements.txt file for your project to use the latest version of Code Assist.

If you didn’t specify a version in your pip install, start a new workspace to automatically install the latest version of Code Assist.

Install Code Assist in a project

After installing Code Assist in a project, Code Assist will be available to all Workspaces in the project.

Use a requirements.txt file to install Python packages into a new workspace within a project. Navigate to Files to check whether you have a requirements.txt file.

If you do have a requirements.txt file, it’ll be listed with your other files. Proceed with these steps:

Click on the requirements.txt file link.
Click the Edit button.
Add the domino-code-assist package to your requirements.txt file. You can specify a version like domino-code-assist==0.4.1. If you don’t specify a version, the latest version is installed.
Click the Save button.

If you don’t have a requirements.txt file, follow these steps:

Download our requirements-how-to.txt
Press the Upload button. Either drag and drop or browse to find the requirements.txt file.
Click the Upload button.

After you complete the installation, create a new Jupyter or JupyterLab workspace and use the Domino Code Assist button to launch Code Assist.

Install Code Assist in a compute environment

Enable Code Assist in your organization’s most used compute environments (CE) to have Code Assist appear automatically in any Jupyter, JupyterLab, or RStudio workspace configured with that CE. However, you must rebuild the CEs whenever there is a Code Assist update. If you cannot rebuild CEs weekly, rather install Code Assist in a Workspace or Project.

Select Environments from the side navigation bar.
Choose the environment to install Code Assist into.
Click the Edit Definition button.
Add this line to the end of the Dockerfile section (but before the last USER ubuntu command):

RUN pip install --user domino-code-assist

RUN pip install --user domino-code-assist

Click the Build button at the bottom of the page

This installs Code Assist in every Workspace that uses the Domino environment.

Install Code Assist from source

Install Domino Code Assist directly from the package source. Use this method if you’re in an air-gapped environment and can’t use the other installation methods due to lack of internet connectivity.

A public archive with the Code Assist package and its dependencies is available at https://mirrors.domino.tech/. The archive names reflect the required Code Assist and Python versions. Here are some examples:
- dca-1.0.5-python-3.9.zip — Code Assist-1.0.5 and Python-3.9
- dca-1.0.5-python-3.8.zip — Code Assist-1.0.5 and Python-3.8
- dca-1.0.4-python-3.9.zip — Code Assist-1.0.4 and Python-3.9
Find the version of Python running in your Domino Workspace and then download the appropriate archive. For example, Code Assist-1.0.5 for Python-3.9 would be downloaded from https://mirrors.domino.tech/dca/python/dca-1.0.5-python-3.9.zip.
Upload the archive onto Domino using the Files tab.
In a Jupyter workspace on Domino run the following commands to install the package.
# Check current folder. Should be /mnt. %pwd # Unzip the archive (assumes that the archive is in /mnt). !unzip -q dca-1.0.5-python-3.9.zip # Change into the resulting folder. %cd dca-archive # Check for the Code Assist package filename (optional). !ls domino_code_assist* # Install the package and all dependencies. !pip install --user --no-index --find-links=. domino_code_assist*.whl
```
# Check current folder. Should be /mnt.
%pwd
# Unzip the archive (assumes that the archive is in /mnt).
!unzip -q dca-1.0.5-python-3.9.zip
# Change into the resulting folder.
%cd dca-archive
# Check for the Code Assist package filename (optional).
!ls domino_code_assist*
# Install the package and all dependencies.
!pip install --user --no-index --find-links=. domino_code_assist*.whl
```
There might be some errors generated by pip, but you can usually ignore them.
Test that the installation was successful by importing the package.
import domino_code_assist
```
import domino_code_assist
```

Upgrade versions

To upgrade, edit the requirements.txt file to specify the latest version of Code Assist. Alternatively, if you don’t specify a version, Domino automatically pulls the latest version when building compute environments.

Next steps

Now that you’ve installed Domino Code Assist, learn how to load data with Code Assist.