Hi <!channel>, we are excited to announce several new releases: 📣 Kedro

0.18.13

and kedro-datasets

1.6.0

are available! K

TLDR: In this new release of Kedro we finally introduce official support for Python 3.11, as well as some new

OmegaConfigLoader

features, a new

kedro catalog resolve

command, and a leaner project structure. We also made significant documentation improvements around the Data Catalog and the datasets. Preparations for 0.19.0 are underway!

Kedro 0.18.13 is a non-breaking release in the 0.18.x series, which means you can upgrade with:

pip install kedro==0.18.13

or

conda/mamba/micromamba install -c conda-forge kedro=0.18.13

🚀 Major Features and improvements • Added support for Python 3.11. • Added new

OmegaConfigLoader

features: registering of custom resolvers through

CONFIG_LOADER_ARGS

and support for global variables. • Added

kedro catalog resolve

CLI command that resolves dataset factories in the catalog with any explicit entries in the project pipeline. • Implemented a flat

conf/

structure for modular pipelines and updated

kedro pipeline create

and

kedro catalog create

accordingly. • Made various updates to the Kedro project template and Kedro starters: use of

OmegaConfigLoader

, transition from

setup.py

to

pyproject.toml

, and flat

conf/

structure. 🪲 Bug fixes and other changes • Updated

OmegaConfigLoader

to ignore config from hidden directories like

.ipynb_checkpoints

. ✍️ Documentation changes • Restructure beginner and advanced pages about the Data Catalog and datasets. • Moved contributor documentation to the GitHub wiki. • Updated example of using generator functions in nodes. • Added migration guide from the

ConfigLoader

and the

TemplatedConfigLoader

to the

OmegaConfigLoader

. ⚠️ Upcoming deprecations • The

ConfigLoader

and the

TemplatedConfigLoader

are deprecated and will be removed in the

0.19.0

release. •

AbstractDataSet

becomes

AbstractDataset

and

AbstractVersionedDataSet

becomes

AbstractVersionedDataset

, old names are deprecated and will be removed in 0.19.0. • Using the

layer

attribute at the top level is deprecated and it will be removed in Kedro

0.19.0

. Please move

layer

inside the

metadata -> kedro-viz

attributes. 🐍 Migration Tips for Python 3.11 • Users on Windows with Python >=3.8 should note we've pinned

pytables

to

3.8.0

due to compatibility issues. 💌 Community contributions Many thanks to @Laiza Milena Scheid Parizotto and @Jon Cohen for contributing PRs to this release! 🚨 This will be among the last releases in the 0.18.x line, very soon we will start working on 0.19.0. Stay tuned! We welcome every community contribution, large or small. See what we're working on now and report bugs or suggest future features. Until next time, The Kedro Team 💛