Classes - Python for DH 11

In this video, we will be speaking about classes, a way to structure data in Python more professionally and create tailored-class specific functions to that data. Classes are the mark of sophisticated code. They are something that you do not have to use, but they are something that make your code much cleaner because they reduce duplicated code, much like functions do. Throughout this Key Concepts, we will do something a little different.

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Classes allow us to structure data, rather like a dictionary in their most rudimentary form. So, why not just use a dictionary? Why bother with classes? For two reasons. First, we can create multiple data structures very quickly and easily without as much code. Secondly, classes allow us to have multiple functions that we can call and run, see birth_date, prose, and compare functions. These functions are discussed in the video at length.


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