Tethys Platform 2.0 is Here!

[swainn]

All:

We're happy to announce the arrival of Tethys Platform 2.0. This is our biggest release yet! Here are a few of the new features:

* Powered by Conda

* Cross Platform Support (Windows, Mac, and Linux)

* Installation Scripts

* Partial Python 3 Support

* Updated look to Apps

* App Settings

* Revamped Getting Started Tutorial

* Overhauled Scaffold Command

* New Gizmos: Plotly View, Bokeh View, Datatable View, and Esri Map View

* Many new features to Map View

* Improved Security with Session Timeout

As a major release, several breaking changes were introduced. We are still working on the migrate from 1.4.0 to 2.0.0 documentation. In the meantime, I would recommend everyone review the Getting Started Tutorial, even seasoned Tethys developers, because it demonstrates the "new" way of doing things in Tethys.

As you migrate your apps, here are a few of the big breaking changes to look out for:

* All Tethys Services APIs now use App Settings (Dataset Services, Spatial Dataset Services, OWP Services)

* Persistent Stores are now a Tethys Dataset Service meaning database connections are stored in the database, not the settings.py

* New methods on App Class for creating and accessing Dataset Services

* The settings.py has moved from tethys_apps to tethys_portal

Also, the there has been a slight change to our documentation:

* The current release version is now accessible at the stable endpoint instead of the "latest" endpoint

* The documentation for the current development version of the documentation is accessible at the latest endpoint

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release!

Enjoy,

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Tethys Team