Elevate Your Python Expertise: Dive Deep into the Power of Class Methods
Josh Wenner
I Breakdown Complex Tech Jargon ~ Python Dev | Teacher | Author of The Nerd Nook
Discover the essence of Python class methods - an in-depth guide to mastering advanced object-oriented programming. Dive in now!
Let’s explore a key built-in feature of out beloved language of choice. Python decorators are like special add-ons that make your code better and easier to understand. You’ll dive deep into a decorator that’ll not only enhance your code but further your own development.
Last week you were introduced to the creation process for decorators. Besides only crafting our own, Python has many built in decorators we can put to use to further open up and expand on our existing code base.
In this guide, you’ll only dive into one of these built-in decorators. We'll talk about what it’s for, how you use it, and why it’s useful. Once you get the hang of using this decorator, you'll be writing faster, cleaner code.
Understanding Python Decorators
Before delving into specific decorators, it's essential to grasp the fundamental concept of decorators in Python. Decorators are essentially functions that modify the behavior of other functions or methods.
They allow for the augmentation of existing functions without altering their core functionality, thereby enhancing code readability, maintainability, and efficiency.
Now this article is not about the basics of decorators as I broke all that down in our last article. Head over for a quick refresh if you’ve missed it! Check it out.
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?? What is a Class Method?
The classmethod decorator is a bit like staticmethod, but it gets a reference to the class as its first argument, usually called "cls." You use classmethod to make methods that work on the class itself, not just on instances of the class.
This means the method can mess around with variables and properties that belong to the class, which is handy for things like creating new objects or using different ways to build them...
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