Introduction to Object Oriented Programming in Python

Objective

Provide a theoretical and practical introduction to OOP in Python for programmers that are new o Object Oriented landscape and for those that wish to understand it better.

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of Python - syntax, keywords, built-in data types, creating variables, writing nd invoking simple functions, using Python console, executing Python script
• Installed Python 3.10+ and IDE eg. VS Code, PyCharm
• Office presence
• (optional) Jupyter Notbooks

Agenda

1. Introduction
   • prior knowledge
   • basics
   • class
   • object / instance
2. Pillars of Object Oriented Programming
   • Encapsulation
     • class / instance attributes
     • bound / class / static methods
     • class initialization
     • information hiding
   • Inheritance
     • inheritance and relationships
     • multiple inheritance (MRO)
     • mixin
     • composition
   • Polymorphism
     • method overriding (super)
     • method overloading (dispatch)
     • callable
     • iteratable
     • subscriptable
   • Abstraction
     • abstract classes
     • abstract methods
     • abstract property
3. Design considerations
   • Cohesion
   • Coupling