'Get some properties of the variables in the current
namespace'

def get_var_properties(self):

    settings = self.namespace_view_settings
    if settings:
        ns = self._get_current_namespace()
        data = get_remote_data(ns, settings, mode='editable', more_excluded_names=EXCLUDED_NAMES)
        properties = {}
        for (name, value) in list(data.items()):
            properties[name] = {'is_list': isinstance(value, (tuple, list)), 'is_dict': isinstance(value, dict), 'len': self._get_len(value), 'is_array': self._is_array(value), 'is_image': self._is_image(value), 'is_data_frame': self._is_data_frame(value), 'is_series': self._is_series(value), 'array_shape': self._get_array_shape(value), 'array_ndim': self._get_array_ndim(value)}
        return repr(properties)
    else:
        return repr(None)
