Python decorators in detail

EuroPython 2015 training session.

Installation

• Download / checkout / clone this repository and enter its folder.
• Install Python 2.7: https://www.python.org/downloads/ (sorry, no Py3k yet 😞 )
• Install pip: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip
• Install virtualenv: pip install virtualenv
• Create and enable a virtualenv:

$ virtualenv decorators_venv
New python executable in /WHAT/EVER/PATH/decorators/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip...done.
$ source /WHAT/EVER/PATH/decorators/bin/activate

• Install the requirements.txt file:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt
Downloading/unpacking git+git://github.com/pablito56/pydemo.git (from -r requirements.txt (line 3))
...
Successfully installed Pygments nose readline pydemo
Cleaning up...

Usage

All the training content is written down in Python scripts and designed to be executed with pydemo interactive interpreter:

$ pydemo mod_00_welcome.py
Loaded 1 files, 4 code blocks
Python 2.7.6 (default, Sep  9 2014, 15:04:36)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.39)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
(DemoHistoryConsole)
>>>
#=======================================================
#=======================================================
#     Welcome to PYTHON OBJECTS ESSENTIALS training
#=======================================================
#=======================================================

>>>
#=======================================================
# - REQUIREMENTS:
#    - Code at https://github.com/pablito56/decorators
#    - Follow README.md instructions
#=======================================================

>>>
print "- BIO:"
print "\tPablo Enfedaque Vidal"
print "\t@pablitoev56"
print "\tTechnical Manager @ Skyscanner"

- BIO:
	Pablo Enfedaque Vidal
	@pablitoev56
	Technical Manager @ Skyscanner
>>>
print "READY?"

READY?
>>>
No more demo code available. Execute '%reload_files [FILENAMES]' to reload

New explanations and examples will appear in the interpreter when pressing INTRO without introducing a command. It is also posible to manually execute other code to play around with the examples.