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Using singletons in Python (Django)
I was suggested to define a singleton in Python in the following way:
class Controller:
pass
# ...
controller = Controller()
However, this way, controller cannot be replaced with a derived ...
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Is using __import__('module_name') an antipattern in Python?
I'm currently refactoring a Python 2 project which includes the ability to add or remove plugins, which are Python modules implementing a given API.
The main app accesses add/remove/update hooks in ...
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Global request context - anti-pattern?
I was talking today to a colleague of mine about Python web frameworks and our impressions about them. I told him I think Flask having a global request smells badly and is an anti-pattern.
The docs ...
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