Advanced Python: Object-Oriented Programming

Course details

In this advanced course, Miki Tebeka, the CEO at 353Solutions, guides you through object-oriented programming features in Python. Learn about attribute access and how to use properties, name mangling, descriptors, and more. Explore using class methods, static methods, mixin classes, and abstract base classes. Dive into sequences, mappings, numbers, and callable types. Find out what metaclasses are and how you can use them. Plus, go over class creation utilities that you’ll need to use. Each chapter comes with a hands-on challenge to practice and reinforce what you learn.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Advanced object oriented programming (OOP)
02 - What you should know
03 - Using Codespaces

1. Attribute Access

04 - Deconstructing attribute access
05 - Using properties
06 - Programmatic attribute access
07 - Reducing memory with slots
08 - Name mangling
09 - Descriptors
10 - Challenge - Colors
11 - Solution - Colors

2. Methods

12 - Using class methods
13 - Using static methods
14 - Mixin classes
15 - Abstract base classes
16 - Defining interfaces with typing.Protocol
17 - Challenge - Event from JSON
18 - Solution - Event from JSON

3. Special Methods

19 - String representations
20 - Sequences
21 - Mappings
22 - Numbers
23 - Callable
24 - Challenge - Database-backed dictionary
25 - Solution - Database-backed dictionary

4. Metaclasses

26 - What are metaclasses
27 - Class creation
28 - Instance creation
29 - Attribute lookup
30 - Challenge - Singleton
31 - Solution - Singleton

5. Class Creation Utilities

32 - Class decorators
33 - namedtuple()
34 - dataclass()
35 - Freezing
36 - Challenge - VM class
37 - Solution - VM class

Conclusion

38 - Next steps