2023-07-18 –, Club B
Descriptors are not black magic and this practical tutorial will show you that.
In fact, you use descriptors every day and you don't even know it!
Through a series of practical, hands-on exercises, you will learn
- how to create a descriptor;
- how to use the dunder methods
__get__,__set__, and__set_name__; - what the descriptor protocol is; and
- where descriptors show up in day-to-day Python code.
The expected Python level for participants is “intermediate”.
In practice, if you are comfortable with using the built-in property and if you have used dunder methods before, you should be fine.
This tutorial is based off of an article I wrote about descriptors.
All materials can be accessed from this GH repo.
intermediate
Rodrigo has always been fascinated by problem solving and that is why he picked up programming – so that he could solve more problems. He also loves sharing knowledge, and that is why he spends so much time writing articles in his blog mathspp.com/blog, writing on Twitter @mathsppblog, and giving workshops and courses.
His main areas of scientific interest are mathematics (numerical analysis in particular) and programming in general (with a preference for the Python and APL languages), but Rodrigo also enjoys reading fantasy books, watching silly comedy movies and eating chocolate.
All materials can be accessed from this GH repo.