Intermediate Topics

OOP/Classes

When to use OOP:

• Pycon - Stop Writing Classes

• Stack Overflow: When should I use classes in Python

OOP Learning Resources:

• Python 3 Documentation

• Python's Class Development Toolkit - Core Python Developer Richard Hettinger

• PyBites' How to Write a Python Class

• Corey Schafer, self.learnpython six part video series on object-oriented programming in Python. Highly Recommended

  1. Classes and Instances
  2. Class Variables
  3. classmethods and staticmethods
  4. Inheritance - Creating Subclasses
  5. Special (Magic/Dunder) Methods
  6. Property Decorators - Getters, Setters, and Deleters

• Voidspace Michael Foord

• Difference between Staticmethod and Classmethod - Stackoverflow

• Learning to Program(Object Oriented Programming) - Alan Gauld

• Jeff Knupp - Improve Your Python: Python Classes and Object Oriented Programming

• Bernd Klein's Python Course - OOP

• Bernd Klein's Python Course - Python 3 Properties

• Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures

Decorators

• 5 reasons you need to learn to write Python decorators - Aaron Maxwell

• Primer on Python Decorators - Real Python

• Python Decorators: A Step-By-Step Introduction - Dan Bader

• Understanding Python Decorators in 12 Easy Steps! - Simeon Franklin

• Bernd Klein's Python Course - Decorators

• Python Tutorial: Decorators - Dynamically Alter The Functionality Of Your Functions - Corey Schafer

List Comprehensions

• Python List Comprehensions: Explained Visually - Trey Hunner

• Comprehending Python’s Comprehensions - Dan Bader

• Python List Comprehension Tutorial(DataCamp) - Karlijn Willems

• List Comprehensions - Explain Like I'm 5 Python