In this course, you'll continue developing your Python skills by implementing object-oriented design through classes. You'll also streamline code logic and scope by using list comprehensions, lambda functions, and closures.
PCAP: Python OOP and Code Streamlining
PCAP: Python OOP and Code Streamlining
This course is part of Certified Associate in Python Programming (PCAP) Specialization
Instructor: Bill Rosenthal
Access provided by Xavier School of Management, XLRI
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6 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
In this course, you will use an object-oriented approach to developing Python applications and streamline code logic and scope.
Skills you'll gain
- Programming Principles
- Maintainability
- Scripting Languages
- Python Programming
- Code Review
- Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Software Development
- Scripting
- Computer Programming
- Object Oriented Design
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Assessments
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Taught in English
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This course is part of the Certified Associate in Python Programming (PCAP) Specialization
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There are 3 modules in this course
There are many ways you can approach writing an application to perform the processing tasks that you need. The object-oriented programming approach offers many benefits. In this lesson, you will use an object-oriented approach to write an application in Python®.
What's included
1 reading5 plugins
Classes are a great tool for extending and enhancing the functionality of your program at a high level, but you should also focus on improving some of the lower-level logic that you've written. There are several ways to streamline your code that you'll implement in this lesson.
What's included
5 plugins
You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.
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