Object Oriented Python

Object Oriented Python - module Y106

Python is an object oriented language. You can group code that relates to a particular type of data together into a class, with each piece of code that's defined being a method that can run on the class as a whole, or on a specific set of data (object).

This topic is presented on public course Python Programming

Examples from our training material

animal.py	Sample class (exercise) - animal
creatures	Exercise answer - program to test class animal
drink.py	definition and testing of a class
glue	Shows danger of using direct access to a member variable
longer	Saving a lambda in a variable and other tricks
pets	OO sample - definition and use of two dog objects
rr2	Object equality, identity and sameness
wr2.py	Test application for "writer" class
wr_test.py	Test harness for writer class
writer.py	A simple class - constructor, object method and class method, no inheritance

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Everything is an object
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Classes in Python

Background information

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Topics covered in this module

What is Object Orientation and why use it?.
Using Python objects.
Creating your own classes in Python.
Method and variable naming standards.
Including a test harness in your class definition.

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