How to use decorators in Python: Programming Tutorial

#PythonDecorators What is a decorator in Python? Learn how to use decorators in Python with this tutorial. ---------- CHAPTERS ---------- (00:00:00) Introduction to the concept of decorators. (00:00:20) Create an example of code to show how Python decorators work. (00:00:55) Using decorators to increase the security of a system written in Python. (00:01:30) Write the function we use for the decorator and introduce the concept of wrapper function. (00:02:55) Apply the Python decorator we have defined to the initial function. (00:03:30) Improve the code of the decorator to provide more details to our users. (00:06:10) Update the wrapper function to use *args and **kwargs. Decorators are used to provide additional functionality to functions, methods, and classes without altering the original code. In this Python tutorial, I will show you how to create a decorator that increases the security of your code by limiting access to execute a specific function to users who are logged into a system. You will also find out how to create a decorator that supports an arbitrary number of arguments and how to define a decorator that accepts an argument.