The Art of Subclassing
- Type:
- Talk
- Audience level:
- Intermediate
- Category:
- Best Practices/Patterns
March 9th 11:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
Description
All problems have simple, easy-to-understand, logical wrong answers. Subclassing in Python is no exception. Avoid the common pitfalls and learn everything you need to know about making effective use of inheritance in Python.
Abstract
Avoid the common pitfalls and learn everything you need to know about how subclass in Python.
- Overriding and extending
- Calling your parents
- The ellipse / circle problem
- What does a subclass mean?
- Liskov Substitution Principle
- Open Closed Principle
- Facts of life when subclassing builtin types
- Cooperative Multiple Inheritance
- Common subclassing patterns
- Use of the double underscore