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Metaprogramming with Python

By : Sulekha AloorRavi
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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

Part 2: Deep Dive – Building Blocks of Metaprogramming I

The objective of this section is to give you a deeper understanding of the concepts of metaprogramming by looking at each of the building blocks in detail, along with examples of how they can be applied in a practical scenario. This section will have chapters that follow an explanation of the concepts with an implementation-based approach to give hands-on experience along with guided coding knowledge to users while reading this book. The chapters in this section can be read sequentially or independently. 

This part contains the following chapters:

  • Chapter 3, Understanding Decorators and Their Applications
  • Chapter 4, Working with Metaclasses
  • Chapter 5, Understanding Introspection
  • Chapter 6, Implementing Reflection on Python Objects
  • Chapter 7, Understanding Generics and Typing
  • Chapter 8, Defining Templates for Algorithms