Session 6: Metaprogramming

• Metprogramming tools
• Class Decorators
• Metaclasses

Reading

Metaprogramming

Supplemental Readings

Fluent Python: Chapters 19 – 21

Metaprogramming overview

David Beazley Tutorial on metaprogramming:

https://youtu.be/sPiWg5jSoZI

Descriptors:

https://docs.python.org/3/howto/descriptor.html

Metaclasses:

About metaclasses

What is a metaclass in Python?

Python metaclasses by example:

A Primer on Python Metaclasses:

Advanced use of Python decorators and metaclasses

Exercises

Mailroom – metaprogramming it!