13. Classes and Objects

• 13.1. What are Objects
  • 13.1.1. Examples of Objects
  • 13.1.2. Objects Organize Related Code
  • 13.1.3. Check Your Understanding
• 13.2. Why Use Objects?
  • 13.2.1. A Shift in Thinking
  • 13.2.2. Objects Copy Real World Thinking
    • 13.2.2.1. Phones as Objects
    • 13.2.2.2. Cooking with Objects
  • 13.2.3. Check Your Understanding
• 13.3. Working With Objects
  • 13.3.1. Object Properties
  • 13.3.2. Calling Methods
  • 13.3.3. Methods vs. Functions
    • 13.3.3.1. Call Syntax
    • 13.3.3.2. Methods are Object Specific
    • 13.3.3.3. Try It!
• 13.4. Classes
  • 13.4.1. Objects Have a Data Type
  • 13.4.2. User Defined Classes
• 13.5. Create a Class
  • 13.5.1. What Classes Do
  • 13.5.2. Design a New Class
  • 13.5.3. Define the New Class
    • 13.5.3.1. Setting Property Values
  • 13.5.4. Use Parameters with __init__
  • 13.5.5. Check Your Understanding
• 13.6. Using a Class
  • 13.6.1. Create New Objects
    • 13.6.1.1. Default Property Values
  • 13.6.2. Another Mental Image for Classes
• 13.7. Adding Methods to a Class
  • 13.7.1. Return to the Class Design
  • 13.7.2. Define a New Method
  • 13.7.3. Add a Method to the Cat Class
  • 13.7.4. Return Values
  • 13.7.5. Add Your Own Method
  • 13.7.6. Improving make_noise()
  • 13.7.7. Check Your Understanding
• 13.8. More Object Details
  • 13.8.1. Printing Objects
    • 13.8.1.1. The __str__ Method
  • 13.8.2. Collect All Property Values
    • 13.8.2.1. Property and Method Names
• 13.9. Using Objects in Functions
  • 13.9.1. Object Scope
  • 13.9.2. Check Your Understanding
• 13.10. Inheritance and Other Topics
• 13.11. Exercises: Classes and Objects
  • 13.11.1. Part 1: Create a New Class
    • 13.11.1.1. Add Properties to Robot
    • 13.11.1.2. Add Methods to Robot
  • 13.11.2. Part 2: Create Objects
    • 13.11.2.1. Update Distances
  • 13.11.3. Part 3: Find Oldest Robot
  • 13.11.4. Part 4: Robot Races
• 13.12. Project: Classes and Objects
  • 13.12.1. Before You Start
  • 13.12.2. Part 1: Add Class Properties and __str__ Method
  • 13.12.3. Part 2: Add Another Class Method
  • 13.12.4. Part 3: Add More Methods
    • 13.12.4.1. Calculating the Test Average
    • 13.12.4.2. Determining Candidate Status
  • 13.12.5. Part 4: Play a Bit