Major features and improvements

• Added the following new datasets.

• Added support for pyproject.toml to configure Kedro. pyproject.toml is used if .kedro.yml doesn't exist (Kedro configuration should be under [tool.kedro] section).
• Projects created with this version will have no pipeline.py, having been replaced by hooks.py.
• Added a set of registration hooks, as the new way of registering library components with a Kedro project:
  • register_pipelines(), to replace _get_pipelines()
  • register_config_loader(), to replace _create_config_loader()
  • register_catalog(), to replace _create_catalog() These can be defined in src/<package-name>/hooks.py and added to .kedro.yml (or pyproject.toml). The order of execution is: plugin hooks, .kedro.yml hooks, hooks in ProjectContext.hooks.
• Added ability to disable auto-registered Hooks using .kedro.yml (or pyproject.toml) configuration file.

Bug fixes and other changes

• Added option to run asynchronously via the Kedro CLI.
• Absorbed .isort.cfg settings into setup.cfg.
• project_name, project_version and package_name now have to be defined in .kedro.yml for projects generated using Kedro 0.16.5+.
• Packaging a modular pipeline raises an error if the pipeline directory is empty or non-existent.

Thanks for supporting contributions

Deepyaman Datta, Bas Nijholt, Sebastian Bertoli