0x08-python-more_classes

0x08. Python - More Classes and Objects

Description

What you should learn from this project:

• Why Python programming is awesome (don’t forget to tweet today, with the hashtag #pythoniscool :))
• What is OOP
• “first-class everything”
• What is a class
• What is an object and an instance
• What is the difference between a class and an object or instance
• What is an attribute
• What are and how to use public, protected and private attributes
• What is self
• What is a method
• What is the special init method and how to use it
• What is Data Abstraction, Data Encapsulation, and Information Hiding
• What is a property
• What is the difference between an attribute and a property in Python
• What is the Pythonic way to write getters and setters in Python
• What are the special str and repr methods and how to use them
• What is the difference between str and repr
• What is a class attribute
• What is the difference between a object attribute and a class attribute
• What is a class method
• What is a static method
• How to dynamically create arbitrary new attributes for existing instances of a class
• How to bind attributes to object and classes
• What is and what does contain dict of a class and of an instance of a class
• How does Python find the attributes of an object or class
• How to use the getattr function

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0. Simple rectangle

• Write an empty class Rectangle that defines a rectangle:

1. Real definition of a rectangle

• Write a class Rectangle that defines a rectangle by: (based on 0-rectangle.py)

2. Area and Perimeter

• Write a class Rectangle that defines a rectangle by: (based on 1-rectangle.py)

3. String representation

• Write a class Rectangle that defines a rectangle by: (based on 2-rectangle.py)

4. Eval is magic

• Write a class Rectangle that defines a rectangle by: (based on 3-rectangle.py)

5. Detect instance deletion

• Write a class Rectangle that defines a rectangle by: (based on 4-rectangle.py)

6. How many instances

• Write a class Rectangle that defines a rectangle by: (based on 5-rectangle.py)

7. Change representation

• Write a class Rectangle that defines a rectangle by: (based on 6-rectangle.py)

8. Compare rectangles

• Write a class Rectangle that defines a rectangle by: (based on 7-rectangle.py)

9. A square is a rectangle

• Write a class Rectangle that defines a rectangle by: (based on 8-rectangle.py)

10. Class and instance attributes

• Write a blog post describing how object and class attributes work.

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Author

• Sebastian Lopez Herrera - sebas119