Software Design in Python - Why the Plugin Architecture Gives You CRAZY Flexibility

✅ Learn how to build robust and scalable software architecture: https://arjan.codes/checklist. By using a plugin architecture, you can create applications that are incredibly easy to extend. Add new characters or levels to your game after it's been shipped, or allow others to extend the GUI of your application dynamically, without changing a single line in the original code! In this video, I show you how to setup an architecture like this in Python in a few simple steps. The code I worked on in this video is available here: https://github.com/ArjanCodes/2021-plugin-architecture. 🎓 ArjanCodes Courses: https://www.arjancodes.com/courses. 💬 Join my Discord server: https://discord.arjan.codes. ⌨️ Keyboard I’m using: https://amzn.to/49YM97v. 🔖 Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:13 Explaining the example 3:22 What is the plugin architecture? 4:01 Create a factory to dynamically define game characters 9:49 Register game character classes in the factory 12:17 Dynamically insert extra code via a plugin interface 18:14 Creating a new plugin: Bard 21:56 Adding new functionality to the Bard class 23:23 Final thoughts #arjancodes #softwaredesign #python