kedro-org/kedro 0.18.4 on GitHub

Major features and improvements

Make Kedro instantiate datasets from kedro_datasets with higher priority than kedro.extras.datasets. kedro_datasets is the namespace for the new kedro-datasets python package.
The config loader objects now implement UserDict and the configuration is accessed through conf_loader['catalog'].
You can configure config file patterns through settings.py without creating a custom config loader.
Added the following new datasets:

Type	Description	Location
`svmlight.SVMLightDataSet`	Work with svmlight/libsvm files using scikit-learn library	`kedro.extras.datasets.svmlight`
`video.VideoDataSet`	Read and write video files from a filesystem	`kedro.extras.datasets.video`
`video.video_dataset.SequenceVideo`	Create a video object from an iterable sequence to use with `VideoDataSet`	`kedro.extras.datasets.video`
`video.video_dataset.GeneratorVideo`	Create a video object from a generator to use with `VideoDataSet`	`kedro.extras.datasets.video`

Implemented support for a functional definition of schema in dask.ParquetDataSet to work with the dask.to_parquet API.

Fixed kedro micropkg pull for packages on PyPI.
Fixed format in save_args for SparkHiveDataSet, previously it didn't allow you to save it as delta format.
Fixed save errors in TensorFlowModelDataset when used without versioning; previously, it wouldn't overwrite an existing model.
Added support for tf.device in TensorFlowModelDataset.
Updated error message for VersionNotFoundError to handle insufficient permission issues for cloud storage.
Updated Experiment Tracking docs with working examples.
Updated MatplotlibWriter Dataset, TextDataset, plotly.PlotlyDataSet and plotly.JSONDataSet docs with working examples.
Modified implementation of the Kedro IPython extension to use local_ns rather than a global variable.
Refactored ShelveStore to its own module to ensure multiprocessing works with it.
kedro.extras.datasets.pandas.SQLQueryDataSet now takes optional argument execution_options.
Removed attrs upper bound to support newer versions of Airflow.
Bumped the lower bound for the setuptools dependency to <=61.5.1.

Revised the Introduction to shorten it
Revised the Get Started section to remove unnecessary information and clarify the learning path
Updated the spaceflights tutorial to simplify the later stages and clarify what the reader needed to do in each phase
Moved some pages that covered advanced materials into more appropriate sections
Moved visualisation into its own section
Fixed a bug that degraded user experience: the table of contents is now sticky when you navigate between pages
Added redirects where needed on ReadTheDocs for legacy links and bookmarks

We are grateful to the following for submitting PRs that contributed to this release: jstammers, FlorianGD, yash6318, carlaprv, dinotuku, williamcaicedo, avan-sh, Kastakin, amaralbf, BSGalvan, levimjoseph, daniel-falk, clotildeguinard, avsolatorio, and picklejuicedev for comments and input to documentation changes