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).