[Python Edinburgh] Talk: A deep-dive into Python classes

[Mathew Taylor]

Sounds great, looking forward to it!

On 8 March 2011 16:37, Mark Smith <mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello all!
>
>
> Towards the end of last year I floated the idea of giving a talk on Python
> classes which appeared to be pretty well received. I've finally got off my
> backside and booked a venue, so...
>
>
> On the 28th March at 7:30pm, I will be giving a talk for Python Edinburgh
> at The Outhouse, called “A deep-dive into Python classes”. I think it’s an
> intermediate to advanced talk, and I plan to cover initialisation and
> inheritance, how attributes are stored and accessed on Python classes and
> objects, how this affects methods, how some common method decorators
> actually work, and some interesting things that can be done using these
> techniques. I don’t plan to cover metaclasses, although they may be touched
> on.
>
>
>
> The practical benefits should be the ability to design Python object
> hierarchies so that they take full advantage of Python’s dynamic nature. I’m
> hoping to give the talk at Europython this year, so any
> encouragement/feedback would be most appreciated!
>
>
> I plan for this event to be instead of the March pub meetup (it is in a pub
> after all), although it is a week later and on a Monday (I couldn't book our
> usual date or day-of-week, unfortunately) - if you think this isn't a good
> idea, let me know. If other speakers step forward I'd like to arrange more
> of these events, either on a regular or ad-hoc basis.
>
>
> --Mark
>
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