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Metaprogramming with Python

By : Sulekha AloorRavi
Book Image

Metaprogramming with Python

By: Sulekha AloorRavi

Overview of this book

Effective and reusable code makes your application development process seamless and easily maintainable. With Python, you will have access to advanced metaprogramming features that you can use to build high-performing applications. The book starts by introducing you to the need and applications of metaprogramming, before navigating the fundamentals of object-oriented programming. Next, you will learn about simple decorators, work with metaclasses, and later focus on introspection and reflection. You’ll also delve into generics and typing before defining templates for algorithms. As you progress, you will understand your code using abstract syntax trees and explore method resolution order. This Python book also shows you how to create your own dynamic objects before structuring the objects through design patterns. Finally, you will learn simple code-generation techniques along with discovering best practices and eventually building your own applications. By the end of this learning journey, you’ll have acquired the skills and confidence you need to design and build reusable high-performing applications that can solve real-world problems.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Fundamentals – Introduction to Object-Oriented Python and Metaprogramming
4
Part 2: Deep Dive – Building Blocks of Metaprogramming I
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Part 3: Deep Dive – Building Blocks of Metaprogramming II

Summary

In this chapter, we reviewed the concept of classes and objects and looked at examples of how to create classes and object instances. We also learned the concept of methods and how to create methods inside classes. Along with this, we saw how to apply inheritance and multiple inheritances to classes and apply polymorphism to methods. We then learned how to create abstract classes and methods. Finally, we learned the concept of encapsulation and how to restrict access to methods and variables of a class.

This chapter has provided a review of all the concepts of OOP in Python, which is going to act as the foundation for the main topic of this book, which is metaprogramming.

In the next chapter, we will see in detail the concept of decorators and their implementation with examples.