Class vs Object One of the big questions about OOP is what is a class, vs what is an object. A class, sometimes called class definition, tells us what the object will look like. What internal variables they are using, and what methods will be used to access and control those values. However, it is…
There are various forms of programming, and programming languages. The three most common you will find are listed below, procedural, then functional, and finally object oriented. Each of these have their own benefits and drawbacks. We’re going to look at a high level at these, and see how it will help us move forward in…
Buttons are used for various purposes on a web page, like submitting a form. And sometimes we want a link to look like a button, and have to figure out how to make that work. Luckily, Bootstrap has given us several classes to make working with buttons and building buttons much easier! This includes both…
Getting a person’s attention is an increasingly difficult task. As a web designer, one of your jobs is to make sure the viewer of your webpage is drawn to the information they need. One way to do it, is with a clear, and simple design. Here’s a link to an Introduction to Visual Design if…
Serialization is the process of converting an object into a series of bytes, called a byte stream, to be stored or sent for later use. This could include being sent across a network, written to a file, or other process. In Python, this is called pickling. Now, we’ve seen how to convert numbers to a…
As with other Python objects, there are the set has several functions and methods to make working with it easier. As with the list, tuple, and dictionary, you can use the len() function to get the number of elements within a set. Adding and Removing Elements Adding Elements As with other mutable objects, you can…
A set is a special object that works similar to sets in mathematics. As such, all elements (values) in the set must be unique. Elements can be of a different types. To create a set, you just define the variable name, and specify that it = set(), to create an empty set, or pass it…
Python’s Dictionary datatype is a class, which means it has methods directly associated with it to make working with that data easier. The clear() method allows you to empty the dictionary of all of it’s data. The get() method works similarly to the [key], where you get the value of the key. The main difference…
