This post explains how to use classes in Python. Including: how to use static and private methods, constructors, and more!

The __new__ method is used to customize the class creation process. When we define a class PluginBase with metaclass=PluginMeta, any subclass of PluginBase will be automatically registered in the ...

Learn how Mypy's type checking works with functions and generators. In my last two articles I've described some of the ways Mypy, a type checker for Python, can help identify potential problems with ...

Python classes can make your code more complicated than necessary. So when should you use classes, and when should you use standard functions instead?

Everything in Python is an object, or so the saying goes. If you want to create your own custom objects, with their own properties and methods, you use Python’s class object to make that happen ...

Python 3.7's dataclasses reduce repetition in your class definitions. Newcomers to Python often are surprised by how little code is required to accomplish quite a bit. Between powerful built-in data ...