Overview
- Provides a solid foundation to understand how descriptors work, with many examples of making your own
- A brief, yet comprehensive guide to Python descriptors, revised to cover new functions and techniques
- Gain an understanding of how descriptors work, and techniques to use them effectively
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About Descriptors
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Back Matter
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About this book
This second edition includes additions throughout, including new material covering the set_name_() descriptors, new and improved flowcharts to explain the inner workings of descriptors, and a completely new chapter to address instance-level attributes, the easiest way to create descriptors correctly the first time.
Although brief, Python Descriptors is a comprehensive guide to creating Python descriptors, including a pip install-able library called descriptor_tools, which was written alongside this book and is an open source library on GitHub. After reading this book, you will have a solid understanding of how descriptors work and the techniques to avoid the big gotchas associated with working with them.
What You Will Learn
- Discover descriptor protocols
- Master attribute access and how it applies to descriptors
- Build your own descriptors
- Use descriptors to store attributes
- Create read-only descriptors
- Explore the descriptor classes
- Apply the other uses of descriptors
Who This Book Is For
Experienced Python coders, programmers, and developers.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jacob Zimmerman is a blogger, gamer (tabletop more so than video games), and programmer who was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has a twin brother who could also be considered to have all those traits.
Jacob has his own programming blog that focuses on Java, Kotlin, and Python programming, Programming Ideas with Jake. He also writes for a gaming blog with his brother-in-law called Ramblings of Jacob and Delos.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Python Descriptors
Book Subtitle: Understanding and Using the Descriptor Protocol
Authors: Jacob Zimmerman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3727-4
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Jacob Zimmerman 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-3726-7Published: 09 October 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-3727-4Published: 08 October 2018
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 97
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Python, Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters, Programming Techniques