Classes and Objects

• What are Objects
  • Examples of Objects
  • Objects Organize Related Code
  • Check Your Understanding
• Why Use Objects?
  • A Shift in Thinking
  • Objects Copy Real World Thinking
    • Phones as Objects
    • Cooking with Objects
  • Check Your Understanding
• Working With Objects
  • Object Properties
  • Calling Methods
  • Methods vs. Functions
    • Call Syntax
    • Methods are Object Specific
    • Try It!
• Classes
  • Objects Have a Data Type
  • User Defined Classes
• Create a Class
  • What Classes Do
  • Design a New Class
  • Define the New Class
    • Setting Property Values
  • Use Parameters with the constructor
  • Check Your Understanding
• Using a Class
  • Create New Objects
    • Default Property Values
  • Another Mental Image for Classes
• Adding Methods to a Class
  • Return to the Class Design
  • Define a New Method
  • Add a Method to the Cat Class
  • Return Values
  • Add Your Own Method
  • Improving make_noise()
  • Check Your Understanding
• More Object Details
  • Printing Objects
    • The __str__ Method
  • Collect All Property Values
    • Property and Method Names
• Using Objects in Functions
  • Object Scope
  • Check Your Understanding
• Exercises: Classes and Objects
  • Part 1: Create a New Class
    • Add Properties to Robot
    • Add Methods to Robot
  • Part 2: Create Objects
    • Update Distances
  • Part 3: Find Oldest Robot
  • Part 4: Robot Races
• Studio: Classes and Objects
  • Before You Start
  • Part 1: Add Class Properties and __str__ Method
  • Part 2: Add Another Class Method
  • Part 3: Add More Methods
    • Calculating the Test Average
    • Determining Candidate Status
  • Optional Testing