Week 1: Python as an Object Oriented Language

This post relates to class held from Sept 9-Sept 13.

In the first week of class the concept of object oriented programming was discussed. Basic and easy examples to Python classes were presented.

I learned an interesting way of editing a class in-line.

class ARandomClass():

def aRandomFunction(self):

return self.i 

ARandomClass.i = 3
print(ARandomClass.aRandomFunction(ARandomClass))

as opposed to

class ARandomClass():

def __init__(self):

self.i = 3

def aRandomFunction():

return self.i

print(ARandomClass.aRandomFunction(ARandomClass))

The latter definition of the class ARandomClass is much cleaner and easier to work with, however, I have a mild background of working with python among other languages, and have never seen this way of editing a class. The week left me impressed with the level understanding and knowledge coming form the professors. I was very eager to dive into the work and assignments which would come up.