Inheritance and Composition: A Python OOP Guide

Inheritance and Composition: A Python OOP Guide

Austin Cepalia
Austin Cepalia 23 Lessons 2h 46m intermediate best-practices python
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In this course, you’ll explore inheritance and composition in Python. Inheritance and composition are two important concepts in object oriented programming that model the relationship between two classes. They are the building blocks of object oriented design, and they help programmers to write reusable code.

By the end of this course, you’ll know how to:

  • Use inheritance in Python
  • Model class hierarchies using inheritance
  • Use multiple inheritance in Python and understand its drawbacks
  • Use composition to create complex objects
  • Reuse existing code by applying composition
  • Change application behavior at run-time through composition

What’s Included:

  • 23 Lessons
  • Video Subtitles and Full Transcripts
  • 1 Downloadable Resource
  • Accompanying Text-Based Tutorial
  • Interactive Quiz to Check Your Progress
  • Q&A With Python Experts: Ask a Question
  • Certificate of Completion

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Inheritance and Composition: A Python OOP Guide

23 Lessons 2h 46m

  1. 1. Inheritance and Composition: A Python OOP Guide (Overview)02:45
  2. 2. What Are Inheritance and Composition?02:17
  3. 3. Inheritance08:20
  4. 4. Composition04:41
  5. 5. Inheritance in Python07:13
  6. 6. UML Diagrams03:39
  7. 7. Interfaces11:13
  8. 8. Implementing a Class Hierarchy14:13
  9. 9. Abstract Classes05:12
  10. 10. Implementing the Productivity System07:05
  11. 11. Multiple Inheritance11:15
  12. 12. C3 Superclass Linearization (Optional)07:55
  13. 13. Avoiding the Diamond Problem10:32
  14. 14. Utilizing Composition10:53
  15. 15. Flexible Designs With Composition15:43
  16. 16. Modifying Object Behavior With Composition01:56
  17. 17. Inheritance Best Practices07:25
  18. 18. Mixin Classes08:50
  19. 19. Further Improving Design With Composition15:37
  20. 20. Composition to Change Runtime Behavior05:20
  21. 21. Deciding Between Composition and Inheritance03:31
  22. 22. Inheritance and Composition: A Python OOP Guide (Quiz)
  23. 23. Inheritance and Composition: A Python OOP Guide (Summary)01:15
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About Austin Cepalia

Austin is a video tutorial author at Real Python. He graduated with a BS in CS from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2023, and now he writes software to support the semiconductor industry.

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madpenguin07 on Nov. 25, 2022

Awesome course, clear and comprehensive. I will certainly be returning for another view. Thanks for putting the course together.

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taylorchris121 on May 15, 2021

Thankyou, it’s quite comprehensive, very informative!

A great course to really get your teeth into!!

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kbram on June 20, 2020

Thanks for a great course, Austin. I learned a ton of new stuff and have to watch at least one more time to pick up the details.

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Ronald Fenimore on May 5, 2020

Very good course. I have already gone through twice, the second time I used the pause button frequently and also backup and went back through some sections. I am sure I will be revisiting this course as well as the tutorial. Looking forward to seeing those files for downloading. Thanks for a job well done.

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fjavanderspek on May 1, 2020

Thanks for the great videos! I like that you ask us questions so we can test our understanding. This really fortifies the understanding we have, exposes gaps we may still have, and helps commit the information to memory! Keep it going :D

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dejiok on April 18, 2020

This is by far the best course on this subject. Excellent, needs going over and over again.

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latedeveloper on April 17, 2020

Superb course; I will be going back to this time and again. I am about a year into my Python journey and this course appeared at just the right moment.

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