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| ===== What you'll need to know ===== | ===== What you'll need to know ===== | ||
| - | * How to create a basic class. | + | * How to create |
| * How to use the '' | * How to use the '' | ||
| * How to use parameterized constructors. | * How to use parameterized constructors. | ||
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| * Inheritance and code reuse | * Inheritance and code reuse | ||
| * Inheritance in Python | * Inheritance in Python | ||
| - | * Constructors of derived classes | ||
| ===== Inheritance ===== | ===== Inheritance ===== | ||
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| Since you do not need to rewrite the code that is common to both base and derived classes, you end up writing less code. But even more important, when you fix a bug in the base class, it automatically propagates to the derived classes. | Since you do not need to rewrite the code that is common to both base and derived classes, you end up writing less code. But even more important, when you fix a bug in the base class, it automatically propagates to the derived classes. | ||
| - | ==== Inheritance and polymorphism ==== | ||
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| - | Another advantage of using inheritance is that with statically typed languages (such as C++ and Java), it facilitates **polymorphism** (discussed below). Dynamically typed languages (like Python) behave polymorphically almost by definition. | ||
| ===== Inheritance in Python ===== | ===== Inheritance in Python ===== | ||
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| + | ===== What you should do next ===== | ||
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| + | This covers the very basics of inheritance in Python. To level up your use of inheritance in Python, you should next have a look at the following: | ||
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| + | * Overriding methods. | ||
| + | * Derived class constructors (including calling parent class constructors). | ||
| Copyright © 2011-2018 Mithat Konar. All rights reserved. | Copyright © 2011-2018 Mithat Konar. All rights reserved. | ||
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