Design Patterns in Python

Alex Martelli (Google)

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The Facade DP – provide a controlled subset of functionality to a client. Most Python libraries are facades. Layers on top of bigger packages.

An explanation of basic DPs.

There are other patterns...

This talk is about Pythonic Patterns

Singletons in Python … use a module instead of a class. They are inherently singletons, you can use it one time.