Python Classes and Inheritance

This course introduces classes, instances, and inheritance. You will learn how to use classes to represent data in concise and natural ways. You’ll also learn how to override built-in methods and how to create “inherited” classes that reuse functionality. You’ll also learn about how to design classes. Finally, you will be introduced to the good programming habit of writing automated tests for their own code.The course is best-suited for you if you are already familiar with Python fundamentals, which are covered in the “Python Basics” and “Python Functions, Files, and Dictionaries” courses (courses 1 and 2 of the Python 3 Programming Specialization). It is optional to have taken the “Data Collection and Processing with Python” course (course 3 of the specialization), but knowledge of retrieving and processing complex nested data is helpful.

This is the fourth of five courses in the Python 3 Programming Specialization.

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Syllabus

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
Classes
Week 2
Inheritance
Week 3
Unit Testing and Exceptions

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Reviews

I like the final project a lot. Working through it helped to consolidate what I have learned from the readings and videos. Thank you, Professor Resnick, Professor Oney, Jackie, and others.

Good continuation of the first three courses in this specialization. Clear introduction to classes, and nice survey of testing, exceptions, with a fun little game project at the end.

One of the best course I have ever attended. I really liked how challenging the assessment were. They really worked hard on their platform too. I highly suggest this course.

The course is really good for learning object oriented programming in python for we beginners. Thank you coursera and Fr. CRCE for giving a platform to learn these courses.