Beakerx

This is a beta release with [40 issues](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+closed%3A2018-05-02..2018-05-19+sort%3Acreated-asc) closed since [0.16.0](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/releases/tag/0.16.0).

Available via [pip](https://pypi.org/project/beakerx/), [conda](https://github.com/conda-forge/beakerx-feedstock) and [docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/beakerx/beakerx/). See the [home page](http://BeakerX.com).

This is a beta release with [67 issues](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+closed%3A2018-04-11..2018-05-01+sort%3Acreated-asc) closed since [0.15.0](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/releases/tag/0.15.0).

**Highlights**
* 6513 Alpha release of a Spark magic, with GUI integration for cluster configuration, progress, canceling jobs, and displaying Datasets as interactive tables;
* 6099 Alpha release of the Data Catalog, with drag-and-drop of sample code into the notebook; and
* 5442 6477 6785 7112 7130 Improved polyglot support for running any JVM language from a Python notebook.

Compared to 0.16.0 this release fixes 7287 7285 7294 7018 7286, and has a workaround for 7288.

**General**
* 6977 Support Python 3.4,
* 6987 Add magic to reset maven,
* 7209 Add support for maven classifiers (for eg ND4J and TensorFlow for Scala),
* 7057 Fix typeface of output of classpath magics,
* 7110 Output widget works with the general display function,
* 7062 Add `--lab` option to un/install commands,
* 7189 Fix Groovy autocomplete deleting too much,
* 7208 Fix displaying groovy enum definition,
* 7241 Remove text from toolbar buttons,

**Plots**
* 7081 Fix typeface for saved plots,
* 7082 Remove checkbox from saved plots,
* 7183 Fix missing x-axis label for saved plots,
* 7115 Debounce right-click on plots,
* 7185 Add many new point shapes,
* 7186 Legend reflects point shapes,
* 7228 Support scalar point fill property,

**Table**
* 5820 Improve colors for unique item highlighting,
* 6803 Works with bqplot,
* 7025 Support new keyboard commands, enter and shift-arrows,
* 7061 Support dragging to resize table,
* 7071 Fix empty column tooltip,
* 7085 Stabilize sorting of NaNs,
* 7145 Fix background color of very wide columns,
* 7147 7175 7184 7193 Improve drag-and-drop of columns,
* 7151 Fix type reported for index columns of pandas tables,
* 7150 Fix handling of frozen index columns,
* 7174 Fix positioning of menus and tooltips on nbviewer when page scrolls,
* 7195 Fix save-all as CSV for tables with index,
* 7196 Fix handling of multiple nulls in string column,
* 7214 Display nulls as blanks always,
* 7221 Fix column tooltips getting stuck,
* 7224 Keep focus if mouse temporarily leaves widget during scroll,
* 7230 Scrolling leaves the selection unchanged,
* 7236 Page up/down keys work without selection,
* 7237 Copy to clipboard broken on empty selection,
* 7242 Heatmap broken in tables missing data in Python,

**Tests**
* 6841 Add MIME types,
* 7148 Fix TypeScript unit tests in Docker,
* 7194 Table tests work again, use fuzzy matching,


Available via [pip](https://pypi.org/project/beakerx/), [conda](https://github.com/conda-forge/beakerx-feedstock) and [docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/beakerx/beakerx/). See the [home page](http://BeakerX.com).

This is a beta release with [67 issues](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+closed%3A2018-04-11..2018-05-01+sort%3Acreated-asc) closed since [0.15.0](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/releases/tag/0.15.0).

**Highlights**
* 6513 Alpha release of a Spark magic, with GUI integration for cluster configuration, progress, canceling jobs, and displaying Datasets as interactive tables;
* 6099 Alpha release of the Data Catalog, with drag-and-drop of sample code into the notebook; and
* 5442 6477 6785 7112 7130 Improved polyglot support for running any JVM language from a Python notebook.

**General**
* 6977 Support Python 3.4,
* 6987 Add magic to reset maven,
* 7209 Add support for maven classifiers (for eg ND4J and TensorFlow for Scala),
* 7057 Fix typeface of output of classpath magics,
* 7110 Output widget works with the general display function,
* 7062 Add `--lab` option to un/install commands,
* 7189 Fix Groovy autocomplete deleting too much,
* 7208 Fix displaying groovy enum definition,
* 7241 Remove text from toolbar buttons,

**Plots**
* 7081 Fix typeface for saved plots,
* 7082 Remove checkbox from saved plots,
* 7183 Fix missing x-axis label for saved plots,
* 7115 Debounce right-click on plots,
* 7185 Add many new point shapes,
* 7186 Legend reflects point shapes,
* 7228 Support scalar point fill property,

**Table**
* 5820 Improve colors for unique item highlighting,
* 6803 Works with bqplot,
* 7025 Support new keyboard commands, enter and shift-arrows,
* 7061 Support dragging to resize table,
* 7071 Fix empty column tooltip,
* 7085 Stablelize sorting of NaNs,
* 7145 Fix background color of very wide columns,
* 7147 7175 7184 7193 Improve drag-and-drop of columns,
* 7151 Fix type reported for index columns of pandas tables,
* 7150 Fix handling of frozen index columns,
* 7174 Fix positioning of menus and tooltips on nbviewer when page scrolls,
* 7195 Fix save-all as CSV for tables with index,
* 7196 Fix handling of multiple nulls in string column,
* 7214 Display nulls as blanks always,
* 7221 Fix column tooltips getting stuck,
* 7224 Keep focus if mouse temporarily leaves widget during scroll,
* 7230 Scrolling leaves the selection unchanged,
* 7236 Page up/down keys work without selection,
* 7237 Copy to clipboard broken on empty selection,
* 7242 Heatmap broken in tables missing data in Python,

**Tests**
* 6841 Add MIME types,
* 7148 Fix TypeScript unit tests in Docker,
* 7194 Table tests work again, use fuzzy matching,


Available via [pip](https://pypi.org/project/beakerx/), [conda](https://github.com/conda-forge/beakerx-feedstock) and [docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/beakerx/beakerx/). See the [home page](http://BeakerX.com).

This is a beta release with [73 issues](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+closed%3A2018-03-13..2018-04-10+sort%3Acreated-asc) closed since [0.14.0](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/releases/tag/0.14.0).

The highlight of this release is the **new table widget**. Tables have been completely reimplemented on top of the [PhosphorJS Data Grid](http://phosphorjs.github.io/) for an enormous performance win. If you find a problem in the new table, please [let us know](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/issues). You can revert to the old table via the UI Options panel. The old table will be removed in the next release.

Compared to 0.15.0, this release fixes the new tables on nbviewer and binder: 7163 and 7149.

**More Highlights**
* 7015 java now supports redefining classes,
* 6938 remove guava from all kernels to avoid version conflict with spark,
* 7100 adapt backport of scala fix [SPARK-22393](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-22393),
* 7065 remove support for anonymous publication because GitHub did,

**General**
* 6737 make Groovy stack traces easier to read,
* 7053 7056 simplify and fix display of pandas tables,
* 6926 fix onClick of CombinedPlot,
* 6945 Output widget handles displaying widgets,
* 6954 Support loading POM dependencies such as Apache Jena,
* 6946 Improve API for Output widget,
* 6971 7034 Improve API for MIME types with optional parameters,
* 6986 support local maven repository,
* 6996 bkr2ipynb handles relative path with dot,
* 7003 plot save-as includes legend, and
* 7132 workaround conda problem with circular dependencies.

**New E2E Tests**
* 6768 all tests run in both Jupyter Lab and Jupyter Notebook,
* 6261 beakerx.getCodeCells(),
* 6835 tables with objects with custom toString() and tables with special characters,
* 6838 JavaScript Plot API,
* 6839 JVM Options panel,
* 6842 Tablesaw,
* 6978 tables with columns named after times, and
* 6995 tables with explicit index column.

**Documentation**
* 6583 maven caching,
* 6994 adding POM type packages to classpath,
* 6929 link website to mybinder, and
* 6980 update UI Options.

**Jupyter Lab**
* 6921 support UI Options panel, and
* 6970 display method supports widgets.


Available via [pip](https://pypi.org/project/beakerx/), [conda](https://github.com/conda-forge/beakerx-feedstock) and [docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/beakerx/beakerx/). See the [home page](http://BeakerX.com).

This is a beta release with [73 issues](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+closed%3A2018-03-13..2018-04-10+sort%3Acreated-asc) closed since [0.14.0](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/releases/tag/0.14.0).

The highlight of this release is the **new table widget**. Tables have been completely reimplemented on top of the [PhosphorJS Data Grid](http://phosphorjs.github.io/) for an enormous performance win. If you find a problem in the new table, please [let us know](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/issues). You can revert to the old table via the UI Options panel. The old table will be removed in the next release.

**More Highlights**
* 7015 java now supports redefining classes,
* 6938 remove guava from all kernels to avoid version conflict with spark,
* 7100 adapt backport of scala fix [SPARK-22393](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-22393),
* 7065 remove support for anonymous publication because GitHub did,

**General**
* 6737 make Groovy stack traces easier to read,
* 7053 7056 simplify and fix display of pandas tables,
* 6926 fix onClick of CombinedPlot,
* 6945 Output widget handles displaying widgets,
* 6954 Support loading POM dependencies such as Apache Jena,
* 6946 Improve API for Output widget,
* 6971 7034 Improve API for MIME types with optional parameters,
* 6986 support local maven repository,
* 6996 bkr2ipynb handles relative path with dot,
* 7003 plot save-as includes legend, and
* 7132 workaround conda problem with circular dependencies.

**New E2E Tests**
* 6768 all tests run in both Jupyter Lab and Jupyter Notebook,
* 6261 beakerx.getCodeCells(),
* 6835 tables with objects with custom toString() and tables with special characters,
* 6838 JavaScript Plot API,
* 6839 JVM Options panel,
* 6842 Tablesaw,
* 6978 tables with columns named after times, and
* 6995 tables with explicit index column.

**Documentation**
* 6583 maven caching,
* 6994 adding POM type packages to classpath,
* 6929 link website to mybinder, and
* 6980 update UI Options.

**Jupyter Lab**
* 6921 support UI Options panel, and
* 6970 display method supports widgets.


Available via [pip](https://pypi.org/project/beakerx/), [conda](https://github.com/conda-forge/beakerx-feedstock) and [docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/beakerx/beakerx/). See the [home page](http://BeakerX.com).

This is a beta release with [49 issues](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+closed%3A2018-02-13..2018-03-12+sort%3Acreated-asc+) closed since [0.13.0](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/releases/tag/0.13.0).

Highlights include:


**Scala/Spark**
* 6643 Make logging adjustable,
* 6957 fix autocomplete.

**Language Upgrades**
* 6869 Clojure 1.8 to 1.9, Scala 2.11.11 to 2.11.12, Kotlin 1.2.0 to 1.2.21,
* 6719 JDK 8.0.121 to 8.0.152.

**UI Options**
* 6802 Custom Fonts,
* 6809 put them in a tab.

**Groovy**
* 6870 Autocomplete crash fixed.

**Runtime**
* 6730 Add seamless update of values in table widget,
* 6800 add general display method,
* 6729 simplify package names,
* 6856 Output Widget can capture Standard Error/Output only,
* 6922 add default binCount to Histograms,

**Jupyter Lab**
* 6920 Publication dialog ESC broken,
* 6944 fix JavaDoc.

**Tests**
* 6773 Output Containers,
* 6774 jvm-repr API,
* 6902 autocomplete in all languages.

**Documentation**
* 6495 Add overview to README,
* 6645 add beakerx.runByTag,
* 6807 add Plot Actions,
* 6873 improve STIL integration,
* 6747 fix D3 (%%js) demos.

**Python**
* 6746 add API for adding jupyter-js-widgets to EasyForm.

Available via [pip](https://pypi.org/project/beakerx/), [conda](https://github.com/conda-forge/beakerx-feedstock) and [docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/beakerx/beakerx/). See the [home page](http://BeakerX.com).