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Learn Object Oriented Programming in Python

Use classes when they help, skip the complexity when they don't, and learn OOP as a practical way to organize code.

What you'll learn in this Python course

Learn the fundamentals of the most widely-used programming paradigm today: object-oriented programming. You will model real-world problems within your programs, and learn how to write code that is easy to understand and maintain. By the end of this course you'll be writing production-quality Python code.

Chapter List

1
Clean Code
Understand why we have programming paradigms in the first place, and how they help us write more maintainable code
2
Classes
Learn about classes and objects, and how OOP differs from a functional programming paradigm.
3
Encapsulation
Learn how to write cleaner code by encapsulating data and methods.
4
Abstraction
Abstraction is a powerful tool that will make your code more robust and reusable.
5
Inheritance
The crux of OOP is the ability to inherit data and behaviors from other classes
6
Polymorphism
Polymorphism is one of the best ideas we've had as developers, learn how it works.

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Abraham Demsew

Ethiopia

Very good to learn OOP

(5/5)
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Pedro Sousa

Ponta Delgada, Portugal

I think it does a good job of covering the CORE principles of what constitutes OOP, without being entirely overwhelming. The concepts ramp up in difficulty but each section covers them well and the examples and exercises are enjoyable.

(5/5)
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Sean Vanelli

United Kingdom

An excellent overview of OOP concepts, even if you have learned them before you will find this to be a very fun refresher!

(5/5)
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Axton Smith

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Challenging, but very very well rounded.

(5/5)
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Joseph Amukun

Kampala, Uganda

Course is good but please change these dragons and cards example with something that everyone is familiar with. As someone who hasn't played much video games and these things, I had hard time going through these concepts. Rest is all good.

(3/5)
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Haider Ali

Lahore,Pakistan

it's a good course, although some lesosno is confusing

(4/5)
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Anang Hariyanto N

Indonesia

this course actually helped me understand oops unlike my uni

(5/5)
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Thriambakesh S P

India

Very good course worth taking even if you think you know it all. I learned a few new things here and enjoyed it along the way!

(4/5)
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Ryan Moss

United Kingdom

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