Python

Have you ever seen some Python code and wondered what @staticmethod and @classmethod do ? Well, let me explain ... @staticmethod A static method is a method that knows nothing about the class or instance it was called on. The class instance, therefore, is NOT passed in as an implicit first argument

What is NSoT? Network Source of Truth (NSoT) is a Django based opensource application for the management of IP addresses (IPAM), network devices and network interfaces. NSoT provides the following for the administration of the database inventory: * REST-based API * CLI client * Python modules * UI As you will shortly see the

What is property()? When reading Python code you may have seen the following: class MyClass(object): def __init__(self): pass @property def do_something(self): return True The purpose of this function is to create a property of a class. A property looks and acts like an ordinary attribute, except

Introduction In this article we will look at threading vs multiprocessing within Python, and when you should use one over the other. TL;DR * What is the GIL (Global Interpreter Lock)? - Prevents more than 1 thread being run within a single CPython Interpreter/process. * Why do we need the

Introduction In this short article we will look into Python generators. A generator is, a function that returns an object (iterator) which we can iterate over (one value at a time).[1] Therefore, unlike lists, they are considered lazy. The key benefit to generators is that as they only produce

Introduction In our previous article, we looked at - Inheritance vs Polymorphism. Within this article, we will look at another OOP aspect - Inheritance vs Composition. To explain this our example will be base upon a small ACL builder. This builder build an ACL for either an IOS or Junos

Background Recently I needed to lock down Netbox to only perform LDAP authentication for users present within its local (Django) DB. After some investigation Googling, I found that there was a setting within the Django LDAP module that would provide exactly this - AUTH_LDAP_NO_NEW_USERS. Great! However,

Introduction Two important terms to understand when learning Python and OOP (object-oriented programming) are inheritance and polymorphism. Inheritance Inheritance establishes a relationship between two classes - parent (superclass) and child (subclass). Child classes keep the attributes and methods of their parent, whilst also adding new attributes or methods of its

Introduction Design patterns offer solutions to common software design problems. When it comes to OOP (object-oriented programming), design patterns are more focused on solving the problems of object generation and interaction, rather than the larger scale problems of overall software architecture.[1] Gang of Four In 1994, four authors --