Abstract
Descriptors used to confuse the heck out of time…
But then, one day, it clicked! 💡
As soon as they clicked, I started preparing this talk so that descriptors can also click for you!
And that’s what I’ll do: I’ll make sure you understand descriptors for good.
Description
Descriptors are one of those things that many don’t even bother to learn because they look confusing.
Thankfully for you, I cracked the code and I can assure you they’re not confusing!
In this talk I will provide an example that shows how descriptors work and that will also motivate why they are useful and needed.
By the time we are done, you will be able to implement descriptors in your code and use them for practical purposes.
Outline
The talk will follow roughly these bullet points:
- introduction
@propertyand getter methods- the dunder method
__get__ - a descriptor example
- identify a similarity between
@propertyand__get__ @property.setterand setter methods- the dunder method
__set__ - another descriptor example
- how to create general descriptors & the dunder method
__set_name__ - explain why
@propertyand descriptors look so similar - give examples of situations where descriptors are needed
- if time permits, talk about some built-in descriptors
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