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

Jonathan Street jonathan at jonathanstreet.com
Wed Mar 16 14:14:11 CET 2011


I think I've already said on the IRC channel that I intend to be there but
for ease of calculating numbers I'll confirm here.

On 16 March 2011 10:01, Alex Bird <alex at alexbird.co.uk> wrote:

> I was hoping to come along, but it looks like I'll be busy that evening.
>
> Have you considered videoing it?  Marius, who I work with, has a small
> video camera that he uses for tech-meetup etc.  I can ask him if he's
> interested if you like.
>
> Cheers, Alex.
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Ed HAWKINS <ed.hawkins at st.com> wrote:
> > Awesome Mark! I hope to attend...
> >
> >
> >
> > From: edinburgh-bounces+ed.hawkins=st.com at python.org
> > [mailto:edinburgh-bounces+ed.hawkins=st.com at python.org] On Behalf Of
> Mathew
> > Taylor
> > Sent: 09 March 2011 08:43
> > To: Python Edinburgh
> > Subject: Re: [Python Edinburgh] Talk: A deep-dive into Python classes
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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