Core Python: Metaclasses and Allocation

This course will teach you the details of how Python creates class objects and allocates class instances.

Understanding how to use metaclasses and allocation fluently is an important skill to mastering Python. In this course, Core Python: Allocation and Metaclasses, you’ll learn to control how Python creates new classes and allocates instances of classes. First, you’ll explore object allocation. Next, you’ll discover metaclasses, the types of types in Python which control how classes are created and initialized. Finally, you’ll learn how to leverage these concepts in practical ways. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of metaclasses and object allocation needed to understand how they’re used in other people’s code and apply them to your own designs.

• Course Overview 1min
• Instance Creation 17mins
• Metaclasses and Class Creation 12mins
• Metaclass Details 20mins
• A Metaclass for Bitfields 37mins
• Subclass Registration 11mins
• Metaclasses and Inheritance 9mins