Python Crash Companion

Chapter 9 · Part I: Basics

Classes

Book: Ch. 9, 'Classes', pp. 157–182

Pages this chapter covers

Section titles and printed pages from the 3rd edition. Notes below use the full citation.

  • Creating and Using a Classp. 158
    • Creating the Dog Classp. 158
    • The __init__() Methodp. 159
    • Making an Instance from a Classp. 159
  • Working with Classes and Instancesp. 162
    • The Car Classp. 162
    • Setting a Default Value for an Attributep. 163
    • Modifying Attribute Valuesp. 164
  • Inheritancep. 167
    • The __init__() Method for a Child Classp. 167
    • Defining Attributes and Methods for the Child Classp. 169
    • Overriding Methods from the Parent Classp. 170
    • Instances as Attributesp. 170
    • Modeling Real-World Objectsp. 172
  • Importing Classesp. 173
    • Importing a Single Classp. 174
    • Storing Multiple Classes in a Modulep. 175
    • Importing Multiple Classes from a Modulep. 176
    • Importing an Entire Modulep. 176
    • Importing All Classes from a Modulep. 177
    • Importing a Module into a Modulep. 177
    • Using Aliasesp. 178
    • Finding Your Own Workflowp. 179
  • The Python Standard Libraryp. 179
  • Styling Classesp. 181
  • Summaryp. 181

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