Python Design-Patterns

I have only really gotten into design patterns when working with Java, so I was a bit surprised that Python would have something like a language as wordy as Java. I have always thought that Python was elegant if not a bit terse, but, nevertheless, maybe someone can find this helpful.

Below is the meat of the article/essay written by Duncan Booth. Clicking on any of the links in the Table of Contents will take you to that section of his paper.

• 2   Creational Patterns
  • 2.1   Factory
  • 2.2   Singleton (and the Borg)
    • Intent
• 3   Structural Patterns
  • 3.1   Flyweight
    • Intent
• 4   Behavioural Patterns
  • 4.1   Observer
    • Intent
  • 4.2   Iterators and Generators
    • Intent
    • Generators
    • itertools
  • 4.3   Command Dispatch Pattern
• 5   Little patterns in Python