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+using Stipple
+using Stipple.ReactiveTools
+
+# testing can be down without StippleUI, it only breaks rendering which we don't test
+# using StippleUI
+
+using StippleMakie
+
+Stipple.enable_model_storage(false)
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# if required set a different port, url or proxy_port for Makie's websocket communication, e.g.
+# otherwise, Genie's settings are applied for listen_url and proxy_url and Makie's (Bonito's) settings are applied for the ports
+configure_makie_server!(listen_port = rand(8081:8999))
+
+@app MakieDemo begin
+    @out fig1 = MakieFigure()
+    @out fig2 = MakieFigure()
+
+    @onchange isready begin
+        init_makiefigures(__model__)
+        # Wait until plots are ready to be written to
+        # sleep(0.3)
+        # Makie.scatter(fig1.fig[1, 1], (0:4).^3)
+        # Makie.heatmap(fig2.fig[1, 1], rand(5, 5))
+        # Makie.scatter(fig2.fig[1, 2], (0:4).^3)
+    end
+end
+
+
+UI::ParsedHTMLString = column(style = "height: 80vh; width: 98vw", [
+    h4("MakiePlot 1")
+    cell(col = 4, class = "full-width", makie_figure(:fig1))
+    h4("MakiePlot 2")
+    cell(col = 4, class = "full-width", makie_figure(:fig2))
+])
+
+ui() = UI
+
+model = @init MakieDemo    
+html!(ui, layout = Stipple.ReactiveTools.DEFAULT_LAYOUT(head_content = [makie_dom(model)]), model = model, context = @__MODULE__)
+
+model.isready[] = true
+
+nothing
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