#Python
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Modern Python Basics #6: Errors and exception handling
The roles of try/except/else/finally, raise and user-defined exceptions, and the ExceptionGroup and except* introduced in 3.11.
Modern Python Basics #5: Functions — argument patterns
Defaults, *args/**kwargs, positional-only(/), keyword-only(*) — every tool for writing function signatures expressively.
Modern Python Basics #4: Collections and comprehensions
The role of list/tuple/dict/set, plus comprehensions and generator expressions for building new collections in a single line.
Modern Python Basics #3: Control flow — if, while, for, match-case
Indentation-based blocks, range/enumerate/zip, and match-case pattern matching that has a different feel from switch.
Modern Python Basics #2: Variables, basic types, and type hints
Python is a dynamic language, but modern Python writes types from the start. int/str/bool/None and built-in generics, the int | None shortcut, and mypy/pyright.
Modern Python Basics #1: Getting Started and uv Setup
Why Python again — what changed in 3.14 since the 2017 tutorial, and building a first project with uv that replaces pip + venv + pyenv all at once.
Python — OOP Part 6: Magic Methods
Today we'll look at magic methods — things we use all the time but don't always have a clear concept of, and sometimes don't even realize we're using.
Python — OOP Part 5: Inheritance and Subclass
In this lesson we cover class inheritance and subclasses.
Python — OOP Part 4: Class Method and Static Method
An instance method takes the instance (self) as its first argument and creates, modifies, or references data scoped to a single instance — like an instance variable. A class method takes the class (cls) as its first argument and creates, modifies, or references data shared across all instances — like a class variable.
Python — OOP Part 3: Class Variable
In the previous lesson we covered the concept of an object — defining a class, creating instances, and using instance methods and instance variables via self. In this lesson we'll look at class variables, a slightly different concept from instance variables.
Python — OOP Part 2: Class and Instance
Class and instance — what objects really are in Python, how to define a class with __init__, and the role of `self` in instance methods.
Python — OOP Part 1: What Is Object-Oriented Programming, and Why Use It?
An introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) — what it is, when to use it, and how it cleans up duplicated data and behavior compared to dictionaries and lists.