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  3. Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in Python
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    OOP Fundamentals

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    Learn what object-oriented programming (OOP) is, how it differs from procedural programming, and how it can be applied. You'll define your own custom classes containing methods, attributes, and constructors, and use them to create objects!

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    Inheritance and Polymorphism

    Discover two of OOP's core concepts: inheritance and polymorphism. Learn how to implement them to minimize code re-use and extend functionality, along with reviewing the differences between class-level data and instance-level data.

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    Integrating with Standard Python

    Learn how to compare objects, define and customize string representations of objects, and even how to apply inheritance to create and catch custom exceptions, enabling bespoke error-handling.

Initializing

Exercise

Create your first class

Time to write your first class!

In this exercise, you'll start building the Employee class, beginning by defining it as an empty class, and then adding a method allowing you to set an object's .name attribute.

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  • Create an empty class Employee.
  • Create an object emp of the class Employee by calling Employee().