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Thinking in Python, Revision 0.1.2 (12/31/01) -- Incomplete and Unfinished - Contents Thinking in Python, Revision 0.1.2 (12/31/01) -- Incomplete and Unfinished - Title Page Preface Introduction The Y2K syndrome Context and composition A quick course in Python for programmers Python overview Built-in containers Functions Strings Classes Inheritance The pattern concept What is a pattern? Pattern taxonomy Design Structures Design principles The Singleton Exercise: Classifying patterns The development challenge Exercises 2: Unit Testing Write tests first Simple Python testing A very simple framework Writing tests White-box & black-box tests Running tests Automatically executing tests Exercises 3: Building application frameworks Template method Exercises 4:Fronting for an implementation Proxy State StateMachine Table-Driven State Machine The State class Conditions for transition Transition actions The table The basic machine Simple vending machine Testing the machine Tools Exercises X: Decorators: dynamic type selection Basic decorator structure A coffee example Class for each combination The decorator approach Compromise Other considerations Exercises Y: Iterators: decoupling algorithms from containers Type-safe iterators 5: Factories: encapsulating object creation Simple Factory method Polymorphic factories Abstract factories Exercises 6: Function objects Command: choosing the operation at run-time Strategy: choosing the algorithm at run-time Chain of responsibility Exercises 7: Changing the interface Adapter Façade Exercises 8: Table-driven code: configuration flexibility Table-driven code using anonymous inner classes 10: Callbacks Observer Observing flowers A visual example of observers Exercises 11: Multiple dispatching Visitor, a type of multiple dispatching Exercises 12: Pattern refactoring Simulating the trash recycler Improving the design “Make more objects” A pattern for prototyping creation Trash subclasses Parsing Trash from an external file Recycling with prototyping Abstracting usage Multiple dispatching Implementing the double dispatch The Visitor pattern A Reflective Decorator More coupling? RTTI considered harmful? Summary Exercises 13: Projects Rats & Mazes Other maze resources XML Decorator

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