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PCAP: Python OOP and Code Streamlining

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PCAP: Python OOP and Code Streamlining

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6 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Structure robust object-oriented programs by defining custom classes, instance methods, public interfaces, and property decorators.

  • Resolve complex inheritance hierarchies, multi-inheritance structures, the diamond problem, and super function bindings through polymorphism.

  • Streamline logic and scope using functional programming patterns like nested list comprehensions, lambda functions, and closures.

  • Data files for this course are provided in the first course of this specialization, "PCAP: Python Input, Output, and String Handling".

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January 2026

Assessments

1 assignment

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Certified Associate in Python Programming (PCAP) Specialization
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There are 3 modules in this course

In this course, you'll continue developing your Python skills by implementing object-oriented design through classes. You'll also streamline code logic and scope by using list comprehensions, lambda functions, and closures.

This is the second course in a multi-course Specialization. All of the courses in this Specialization require that you use the provided virtual machine, which includes an installation of Python. The course setup instructions provided in the first course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.

There are many ways you can approach writing an application to perform the processing tasks that you need. The object-oriented programming approach offers many benefits. In this lesson, you will use an object-oriented approach to write an application in Python®.

What's included

1 reading5 plugins

1 reading•Total 5 minutes
  • ⚠️READ THIS FIRST⚠️•5 minutes
5 plugins•Total 250 minutes
  • Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
  • Implement Object-Oriented Programming•80 minutes
  • Define and Instantiate Classes•80 minutes
  • Work with Class Inheritance•80 minutes
  • Lesson Summary•5 minutes

Classes are a great tool for extending and enhancing the functionality of your program at a high level, but you should also focus on improving some of the lower-level logic that you've written. There are several ways to streamline your code that you'll implement in this lesson.

What's included

5 plugins

5 plugins•Total 100 minutes
  • Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
  • Perform List Comprehensions•30 minutes
  • Use Lambda Functions•30 minutes
  • Use Closures•30 minutes
  • Lesson Summary•5 minutes

You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.

What's included

1 reading1 assignment

1 reading•Total 5 minutes
  • Course Summary•5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
  • Course Assessment•10 minutes

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