Advanced Python Programming Techniques

Classes and Objects
· Defining Classes
· The __init__ method
· Keyword Arguments

Methods
· Instance Methods
· Adding Arguments to Instance Methods
· The __str__ method
· Static Methods
· Class Methods
· Properties
· The Property Decorator
· The Setter Method
· Validation via the Setter Method

Inheritance
· The DRY Principle Revisited
· Single Inheritance
· Sub-Classing Classes from Python Packages
· Overriding Methods
· Calling the Parent Method with super()
· Multiple Inheritance
· Method Resolution Order

The Importance of the Standard Library
· High-Level Modules
· Lower-Level Modules
· Knowing How to Navigate in the Standard Library
· Dates and Times
· datetime Objects

Interacting with the OS
· OS Information
· Using pathlib
· Listing All Hidden Files in Your Home Directory
· Using the subprocess Module

Collections
· Counters
· defaultdict
· ChainMap

Becoming Pythonic
· Using List Comprehensions
· Set and Dictionary Comprehensions
Comprehensions and Multiple Lists
· Default Dictionary
· Iterators
· Itertools
· One, and Back Again
· Generators
· Regular Expressions

Software Development
· Debugging
· Automated Testing
· Test Categorization
· Test Coverage
· Writing Tests in Python with Unit Testing
· Writing a Test with pytest