Easier Classes: Python Classes Without All the Cruft

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Shows how to get rid of boilerplate by using dataclasses (Py3.7), attrs, and namedtuple instead of hand‑rolled classes, demonstrating concrete code for string repr, equality, hashing, iteration (dunder __iter__), immutability (frozen=True), and ordering (order=True or functools.total_ordering). Illustrates pitfalls: namedtuple inherits tuple behaviors you may not want and attrs is third‑party, dataclasses are built in but backportable, and some tiny class uses (matrix, space_age) are simpler as plain functions rather than objects.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 2:11Case 1: Month class
3. 4:53Case 2: Point class
4. 8:15namedtuple
5. 15:43dataclasses
6. 20:10Friendly Class Recipes
7. 25:26Advanced Recipes

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