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Object-oriented programming design with relational database tables
I want to understand what is considered best-practice to better align with OOP when handling relational databases. I cannot find any online examples where classes and a more maintainable/re-usable ...
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Module with globals or Class with attributes?
Currently I'm working with a lot of modules where the original developers used global variables to control states and to exchange important information between functions, like so:
STATE_VAR = 0
def ...
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Creating instances of an ability when there are multiple different type of abilities
I'm creating an RPG game where a player has a set of skills, each of which he can level up to improve its effect. Here are two example skills:
health: increase player's maximum health
regeneration: ...
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When NOT to use a class / member variable?
I am trying to learn WHEN NOT to use:
classes
member variables
HERE IS THE CODE
access_point_detection_classes.py
from scapy.all import *
class Handler :
def __init__(self) :
self....
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How To Extend Parent Methods in Children Classes?
There is a parent class with a method which many children use but many children extend the method, what is the best way to extend it without violating DRY?
Here are my 2 current solutions:
1: The ...
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How should I structure these Python classes?
Base Class
I have a class called Remote. This class represents a remote machine and has properties such as ip, hostname, username, and password, as well as methods for transferring files to/from the ...
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Python classes with only one instance: When to create a (single) class instance and when to work with the class instead?
Given a Python class which will be instantiated only once, i.e. there will be only one object of the class. I was wondering in which cases it makes sense to create a single class instance instead of ...
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One boilerplate class or many similar classes?
Lets say I'm trying to model a variety of objects that are virtually identical, the only difference being their class variables. Am I better off creating one boilerplate class and just calling the ...
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Code design: is this specific case of monkeypatching in python acceptable?
I'm using python to do some research tasks. I have a class hierarchy for "tools", where each object is an instance of a particular tool. They all share some functionality and have many similarities in ...
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