Using Python Class Constructors

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Darren Jones

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RP 558 - Python Class Constructors - 0 - Intro.mp4

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RP 558 - Python Class Constructors - 1-0 - Instantiation.mp4

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RP 558 - Python Class Constructors - 1-1 - Exploration.mp4

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RP 558 - Python Class Constructors - 2 - Initialization.mp4

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RP 558 - Python Class Constructors - 3-0 - Creation.mp4

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RP 558 - Python Class Constructors - 3-1 - Custom Creators.mp4

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RP 558 - Python Class Constructors - 3-2 - Subclassing.mp4

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RP 558 - Python Class Constructors - 3-3 - Returning Different.mp4

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RP 558 - Python Class Constructors - 3-4 - Singleton.mp4

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RP 558 - Python Class Constructors - 3-5 - NamedTuple.mp4

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RP 558 - Python Class Constructors - 4 - Summary.mp4

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Description

Class constructors are a fundamental part of object-oriented programming in Python. They allow you to create and properly initialize objects of a given class, making those objects ready to use. Class constructors internally trigger Python’s instantiation process, which runs through two main steps: instance creation and instance initialization.

If you want to dive deeper into how Python internally constructs objects and learn how to customize the process, then this video course is for you.

In this video course, you’ll:

With this knowledge, you’ll be able to tweak the creation and initialization of objects in your custom Python classes, which will give you control over the instantiation process at a more advanced level.

To better understand the examples and concepts in this tutorial, you should be familiar with object-oriented programming and special methods in Python.

What You'll Learn?

Understand Python’s internal instantiation process
Customize object initialization using .__init__()
Fine-tune object creation by overriding .__new__()

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Darren is an avid Pythonista and creates video tutorials for Real Python. Having followed a varied career as a nuclear industry instrumentation engineer, a musician, recording engineer and teacher, he’s always been interested in computers, spending the last 20 years producing music with them and teaching music technology. He’s written books on the subject, and spends the remainder of his time improving his Python skills, with a view to bringing them into the studio and classroom for better understanding of both music and programming.