Pro Python 3: Features and Tools for Professional Development

© J. Burton Browning and Marty Alchin 2019

J. Burton Browning and Marty AlchinPro Python 3https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4385-5_4

4. Classes

J. Burton Browning¹  and Marty Alchin²

(1)

Oak Island, NC, USA

(2)

Agoura Hills, CA, USA

 

In Chapter 3 you reviewed how functions allow you to define code that can be reused. This allowed for general code streamlining by not having to retype “chunks” of code. However, it’s often more useful to combine those same functions into logical groupings that define the behavior and attributes of a particular type of object. This is standard object-oriented (OO) programming, which is implemented in Python by way of types and classes. These, like functions, may seem simple enough on the surface, but there’s a considerable ...