andygrove commented on code in PR #8:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion-site/pull/8#discussion_r1723172668
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+layout: post
+title: "Apache DataFusion Python 40.0.0 Released, Significant usability
updates"
+date: "2024-08-13 00:00:00"
+author: timsaucer
+categories: [release]
+---
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+
+## Introduction
+
+We are happy to announce that [DataFusion in Python 40.0.0] has been released.
In addition to
+bringing in all of the new features of the core [DataFusion 40.0.0] package,
this release
+contains *significant* updates to the user interface and documentation. We
listened to the python
+user community to create a more *pythonic* experience. If you have not used
the python interface to
+DataFusion before, this is an excellent time to give it a try!
+
+[DataFusion 40.0.0]:
https://datafusion.apache.org/blog/2024/07/24/datafusion-40.0.0/
+[DataFusion in Python 40.0.0]: https://pypi.org/project/datafusion/40.0.0/
+
+## Background
+
+Until now, the python bindings for DataFusion have primarily been a thin layer
to expose the
+underlying Rust functionality. This has been worked well for early adopters to
use DataFusion
+within their Python projects, but some users have found it difficult to work
with. As compared to
+other DataFrame libraries, these issues were raised:
+
+1. Most of the functions had little or no documentation. Users often had to
refer to the Rust
+documentation or code to learn how to use DataFusion. This alienated some
python users.
+2. Users could not take advantage of modern IDE features such as type hinting.
These are valuable
+tools for rapid testing and development.
+3. Some of the interfaces felt “clunky” to users since some Python concepts do
not always map well
+to their Rust counterparts.
+
+This release aims to bring a better user experience to the DataFusion Python
community.
+
+## What's Changed
+
+The most significant difference is that we have added wrapper functions and
classes for most of the
+user facing interface. These wrappers, written in Python, contain both
documentation and type
+annotations.
+
+This documenation is now available on the [DataFusion in
Python](https://datafusion.apache.org/python)
Review Comment:
Would it be better to link directly to the API reference?
https://datafusion.apache.org/python/api.html
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