Programming Videos and Tutorials
As software developers our tools are inseparable from the work we do, and there are very few programs with which we are more familiar – more intimate – than our editors, debuggers, profilers, and source control. Yet most of us never get to really know these tools, never take a …
f you could ever imagine one reason the source code is all about: it is communication. And while communicating your goal to the computer is essential, it is the other human being: a fellow programmer, who desperately needs you to tell them your intent well and clear.
Metaclasses take the mantra “everything is an object” to the next level. One of Python’s fascinating lesser-known features, they allow you to intervene on the creation of classes themselves, and not just their instances. So in other words, metaclasses are like classes for classes, but when would you ever need …
Taming complexity is a challenge of every large-scale software project. Traditional metrics and techniques are inadequate. That leaves us with intuition. And human intuition is unequaled when it comes to assessing the quality of a design. But intuition is prone to social and cognitive biases that are hard to avoid. …
Creating a successful, quality, maintainable product take a lot more than coding-it takes innovation and a good dose of discipline. It takes smart people who question the status-quo, figure our ways to make themselves and their teams productive, and maintain agility without compromising quality and sustainability.
Learn some things you should never (probably ever) do to or in Python. Warranties may be voided.
