What's the difference between property and classmethod?

Question

i realized they are both kind of decorators

Answer 1

A property allows you to define an attribute of your object. It works on instances.

A classmethod operates on the class independent of any instance.

Examples are helpful:

class A:
_name = 'foo'

@classmethod
def print_name(cls):
print(cls._name)

@property
def name(self):
return self._name

# print the default class name
A.print_name() #foo
# create an instance, change its name, print it
a = A()
a._name = 'bar'
print(a._name) #bar
# classmethod does not see instance data
a.print_name() #foo
# class name is unchanged by instances
A.print_name() #foo