Tkinter GUI Programming by Example

Instances

An instance is one particular implementation of a class. Each separate instance of the same class can be completely independent from the others, or they can share attributes if the need arises.

Python uses a method called __init__ in order to initialize each instance of a class. This method can be used to set initial variables which differ between instances.

The easiest way to wrap your head around using classes is to see an example:

class Dog:    def __init__(self, name):        self.name = name    def speak(self):        print("Woof! My name is", self.name)

This code gives us a class called Dog. The _init_ function of Dog takes two arguments: self and name.

The methods of a class require the first argument to be self in order to give them access ...