[Feature Request]: Installing Jupyter Sidepanel by pip

[Chenzo1001]

What would you like to happen?

Currently, the apache-beam-jupyterlab-sidepanel extension is installed via the deprecated jupyter labextension install mechanism. Since JupyterLab 4 officially recommends distributing extensions as prebuilt Python packages, it would be great if this extension could support pip-based installation (e.g., pip install apache-beam-jupyterlab-sidepanel), like other modern extensions.

This would:

• Improve compatibility with JupyterLab 4+
• Simplify deployment and integration into existing Python environments
• Avoid reliance on nodejs/npm for end users

Issue Priority

Priority: 2 (default / most feature requests should be filed as P2)

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[Chenzo1001]

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