Python 101:
What are decorators

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What Decorators Look like.

What You Need to know to understand decorators

Functions 

Nesting function(s)

Functions return other functions

First Class Objects

So what is a decorator?

Decorators functions that have a "wrapper" and the "wrapper" with your function gets called.

Putting it all together to create and use decorator.

Creating the decorator

example: decorators.py

What the decorator does conceptually

example: example1.py

Let's use our decorator!

example: example2.py

When is this handy to use?

Thanks!

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