This is our **very first beta release**, which includes numerous modifications to the previous code aimed at enhancing the user experience.
Some of the highlights of this release are:
- Flexibility to select from the three renowned potting libraries for **professional plots**.
- The introduction of a wide range of **classification metrics**.
- Support for **KPrototypes**.
Furthermore, due to code restructuring, the import syntax has changed and is now more intuitive.
For a comprehensive list of all the changes, please refer to the [change log](https://github.com/vertica/VerticaPy/blob/master/change_logs/change_log_v1.0.0-beta.md).
The release will be on available on the defaults and can be install using:
python3 -m pip install verticapy
Please report any issues on our [GitHub page](https://github.com/vertica/VerticaPy)
We would like to extend our thanks to all the contributors who made this release possible:
- Badr Ouali oualib
- Umar Farooq Ghumman mail4umar
- Arash Fard afard
- Tyler Consigny tconsigny
- Vikash Singh vikash018
If you would like to contribute then please visit our updated [contributing guidelines](https://www.vertica.com/python/documentation/1.0.x/html/contribution_guidelines.html).