Advanced Python: Classes and Functions

Course details

Python has become the language of choice of many developers for building all kinds of applications across a wide range of industries, but to fully take advantage of its power and flexibility, you need to master all its advanced functionality. Python is a flexible, customizable language that provides features that other languages support only through third-party libraries or require that you build yourself. In this course, Joe Marini takes you through some of the more advanced features of the Python language. Joe shows you how to write code that is easier to read and maintain, build classes that work just like the ones that are native to the language, and work with some of the newest features of the language itself, like structural pattern matching. If you're ready to take your Python skills to the next level, join Joe in this course.

Concepts

Introduction

Introduction
Getting set up
Tour of CoderPad

Language Features

Python coding style
Understanding strings vs. bytes
The assignment expression
Boolean types and values
Template strings

Advanced Functions

Documentation strings
Variable argument lists
Lambda functions
Keyword-only arguments
Solution - Advanced Functions

Python Comprehensions

Introduction to comprehensions
List comprehensions
Dictionary comprehensions
Set comprehensions
Solution - Comprehensions

Classes and Objects

Python classes overview
Defining enumerations
Special methods - string values
Special methods - computed attributes
Special methods - operations
Special methods - comparisons
Solution - Special Methods

Structural Pattern Matching

Overview of pattern matching
Simple patterns
Capture patterns
Class patterns
Sequence patterns
Pattern guards
Solution - Patterns

Conclusion

Next steps