Learn Python 3 the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code

Exercise 41. Learning to Speak Object-Oriented

In this exercise I’m going to teach you how to speak “object-oriented.” What I’ll do is give you a small set of words with definitions you need to know. Then I’ll give you a set of sentences with holes in them that you’ll have to understand. Finally, I’m going to give you a large set of exercises that you have to complete to make these sentences solid in your vocabulary.

Word Drills

class Tell Python to make a new type of thing.

object Two meanings: the most basic type of thing, and any instance of some thing.

instance What you get when you tell Python to create a class.

def How you define a function inside a class.

self Inside the functions in a class, self is a variable for the instance/object ...