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title: "FYI: Livebook 0.2 with Kino"
description: "Livebook 0.2 was released with Kino, a client-side-focused feature for animating data changes, alongside new input support and the data_table feature. Elixir cells can read input values with IO.gets(\"input name: \"), although those values arrive as strings and may require parsing or other processing. data_table presents data in a table with pagination and sorting, while Livebook is positioned for teaching Elixir, documenting libraries, experimenting with Nerves and embedded hardware, and connecting to a live production system. The post also notes that ElixirConfEU and ElixirConf US 2021 were announced as hybrid or mixed-format events, with ElixirConfEU scheduled for September 9–10 and ElixirConf US for October 12–15 across physical and online sessions."
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# FYI: Livebook 0.2 with Kino

[Fly.io](https://yomu.fyi/company/fly-io) · Jul 1, 2021

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Livebook 0.2 was released with Kino, a client-side-focused feature for animating data changes, alongside new input support and the data\_table feature. Elixir cells can read input values with IO.gets("input name: "), although those values arrive as strings and may require parsing or other processing. data\_table presents data in a table with pagination and sorting, while Livebook is positioned for teaching Elixir, documenting libraries, experimenting with Nerves and embedded hardware, and connecting to a live production system. The post also notes that ElixirConfEU and ElixirConf US 2021 were announced as hybrid or mixed-format events, with ElixirConfEU scheduled for September 9–10 and ElixirConf US for October 12–15 across physical and online sessions.

## Context

The release is presented as lowering the bar for Elixir and supporting interactive teaching, library documentation, Nerves and embedded hardware experiments, and connections to live production systems.

## Approach / What changed

Livebook 0.2 adds Kino for client-side data-change animations, input support accessible from Elixir cells, and data\_table for displaying data with pagination and sorting.

## Takeaways

- Kino is a client-side-focused feature that animates data changes in Livebook.
- Input values accessed with IO.gets("input name: ") arrive as strings and may need parsing or processing.
- The data\_table feature displays data in a paginated, sortable table.

**Tags:** [Elixir](https://yomu.fyi/topic/elixir), [Livebook](https://yomu.fyi/topic/livebook)

- Source: [Fly.io](https://fly.io/blog/livebook-with-kino)
- Source URL: https://fly.io/blog/livebook-with-kino
- Ingested by Yomu: 2026-09-02T11:57:32.380Z

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