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Mastering Python Design Patterns

You're reading from   Mastering Python Design Patterns Start learning Python programming to a better standard by mastering the art of Python design patterns

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783989324
Length 212 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sakis Kasampalis Sakis Kasampalis
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Preface 1. The Factory Pattern 2. The Builder Pattern FREE CHAPTER 3. The Prototype Pattern 4. The Adapter Pattern 5. The Decorator Pattern 6. The Facade Pattern 7. The Flyweight Pattern 8. The Model-View-Controller Pattern 9. The Proxy Pattern 10. The Chain of Responsibility Pattern 11. The Command Pattern 12. The Interpreter Pattern 13. The Observer Pattern 14. The State Pattern 15. The Strategy Pattern 16. The Template Pattern Index

Use cases


MVC is a very generic and useful design pattern. In fact, all popular Web frameworks (Django, Rails, and Yii) and application frameworks (iPhone SDK, Android, and QT) make use of MVC or a variation of it (Model-View-Adapter (MVA), Model-View-Presenter (MVP), and so forth). However, even if we don't use any of these frameworks, it makes sense to implement the pattern on our own because of the benefits it provides, which are as follows:

  • The separation between the view and model allows graphics designers to focus on the UI part and programmers to focus on development, without interfering with each other.

  • Because of the loose coupling between the view and model, each part can be modified/extended without affecting the other. For example, adding a new view is trivial. Just implement a new controller for it.

  • Maintaining each part is easier because the responsibilities are clear.

When implementing MVC from scratch, be sure that you create smart models, thin controllers, and dumb views [Zlobin13...

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