...but dogs are born with breeds, not assigned breeds later on. To provide objects with unique attributes upon instantiation, we use the __init__ method. The __init__ method belongs to every class and ...

If you've read a fair amount of Python code, then you've probably seen this "__init__.py" file pop up quite a few times. It's especially common in larger Python projects. I'm going to breakdown ...

The KernelPlugin.from_directory method says (emphasis mine): A .py file is parsed and a plugin created, the functions within as [sic] then combined with any other functions found. The python file ...