Kotlin is probably my favorite language right now, and possibly one of the coolest things it has to offer is type-safe builders, built upon several features (explained in a bit). I find myself really really wanting to have this feature in my other two primary languages, Java and Python. This article explains what I believe to be the closest we can get to having type-safe builders in those languages Continue Reading
Today, I give you the second (and last) excerpt from my book, and it’s the last chapter. It brushes over some of the cooler examples of descriptors out there. It’s a short sample, and I feel kind of bad not giving you something juicier, but too much of the rest of the book has references to other chapters and discussed ideas, making it difficult to use as an excerpt. Continue Reading
Last week, I posted that I would put up some excerpts from my book, Python Descriptors: A Comprehensive Guide, this week and next week. This is the first of two.
This chapter of the book has one of my greatest epiphanies in it: “unbound attributes”. For context, I decided to provide the entire chapter here, instead of just putting the excerpt about unbound attributes in. Despite the context, this chapter assumes you at least know the descriptor protocol and its basics. If not, check out Raymond Hettinger’s relatively short article on descriptors. Enjoy! Continue Reading
Jumping around between multiple languages can help you notice some differences between idioms and best practices in different languages. One of the more interesting differences has to do with one function doing multiple things. Continue Reading
Back in my delegate decorator article, I mentioned some weaknesses of the delegate pattern as a substitute to inheritance. The decorator solved one of those problems, but the other is still a problem. The problem comes when using something akin to the template pattern. Continue Reading
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