The Borg Pattern

Explore the Borg pattern in Python, which enables shared state across all instances of a class by using a common dictionary for attributes. Understand how this approach differs from singletons, its advantages, risks of undesired side effects, and how to implement it efficiently using mixin classes for better inheritance and maintainability.

We'll cover the following...

Working with the Borg Pattern
- Example of the Borg pattern
- Creating a mixin class

The solutions available through shared state should work for most cases, but if we really have to go for a singleton (and this has to be a really good exception), then there is one last alternative to it, only this is a riskier one to use.

Working with the Borg Pattern

This is the actual monostate pattern, referred to as the Borg pattern in Python. The idea is to create an object that is capable of replicating all of its attributes among all instances of the same class. The fact that absolutely every ...

1.Preface

2.Introduction to Clean Code, Code Formatting, and Tools

3.Pythonic Code

4.General Traits of Good Code

5.The SOLID Principles

6.Using Decorators to Improve Our Code

7.Getting More Out of Our Objects with Descriptors

8.Generators, Iterators, and Asynchronous Programming

9.Unit Testing and Refactoring

10.Common Design Patterns

11.Clean Architecture

12.Conclusion

The Borg Pattern

Working with the Borg Pattern