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Better workflow for drag & dropping excel files into Iodide

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Description

Dragging and dropping an excel file into an iodide notebook currently works (e.g. this notebook was created that way: https://alpha.iodide.io/notebooks/3662/) however there are no clear instructions for what to do with the result. For this particular case, we should probably pre-populate a notebook with the right incantations for loading it with pandas.

First step is to figure out how to load excel data into pandas at all :) /cc @deborahanneharris

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the linked notebook example and investigate how a dragged Excel file is represented in Iodide and how pandas can load it. Determine the existing notebook-generation entry point before deciding how to pre-populate the appropriate loading instructions. Done means a dragged Excel file produces a notebook with clear, working pandas loading guidance.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, pandas
Domain
data, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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