Understanding Python

The Python language, while object-oriented, is fundamentally different from both C++ and Java. The dynamic and introspective nature of Python allow for language mechanics unlike that of static languages. This talk aims to enlighten programmers new to Python about these fundamentals, the language mechanics that flow from them and how to effectively put those to use. Among the topics covered are duck-typing, interfaces, descriptors, decorators, metaclasses, reference-counting and the cyclic-garbage collector, the divide between C/C++ data and Python objects and the CPython implementation in general. http://www.google.com/jobs/studentvideovig

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[Vorbis5]

Python is awesome

[2fast4me9]

lol 1 hour 15 min vid oO

[ThePrivateJoker]

@Vorbis5 Get a job

[ThePrivateJoker]

Another script "language"? I thought java was supposed to be the answer? Is that what everyone has been shoveling? Now its "Python"!? I think its __bs__

What the next "best/silver bullet/answer to everything" script language? "Bunny"?

[topgun91295]

@2fast4me9 the power of Google for ya

[youme1414]

@FlorianThaStud12 I quite agree with you on that one. But, they are programming jargon not generally everyday English language. So, they stutter when trying to make good sentences - like when the first instructor says wanted to and later says want to.

[numba1netsfan]

@5thElementMods welcome to hackerdom. long nights. broken code. coffee. and the inability to stop.  enjoy!

[FlorianThaStud12]

This is really hard for someone who doesn't speak english in his own country. My English is well, but I have to say that this is really hard to understand.

[philippicfilipino]

First: Anyone who can say "Say we have a fancy dict that is a subclass of dict to define a method to create a dict from a set of keys." 44:53 and not bust up laughing gets a thumbs up from me. Second: I read through half of the python tutorial documentation and this video helped add to the richness of what the language could do. I'm up for delving further into the language as long as I dont have to explain how my dict functions as an object.

[keylllogdark]

The Python language, while object-oriented, is fundamentally different from both C++ and Java. The dynamic and introspective nature of Python allow for language mechanics unlike that of static languages. This talk aims to enlighten programmers new to Python about these fundamentals, the language mechanics that flow from them and how to effectively put those to use. Among the topics covered are duck-typing, interfaces, descriptors, decorators, metaclasses, r