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Core Python: Abstract Base Classes

This course will teach you how to apply and reason about Python’s support for abstract base classes and virtual inheritance.

Austin Bingham - Pluralsight course - Core Python: Abstract Base Classes
by Austin Bingham
Robert Smallshire - Pluralsight course - Core Python: Abstract Base Classes
by Robert Smallshire

What you'll learn

Abstract base classes assist in many different areas within Python. In this course, Core Python: Abstract Base Classes, you’ll learn to work with and design programs using Python support for abstract base classes. First, you’ll explore the concept of abstract base classes along with Python’s core support for it. Next, you’ll discover parts of Python’s standard library that help you work with abstract base classes. Finally, you’ll learn how to use abstract methods in your class designs. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of abstract classes and virtual inheritance needed to apply them in your designs and work with code that uses them.

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Austin Bingham - Pluralsight course - Core Python: Abstract Base Classes
Austin Bingham

Austin is a founding director of Sixty North, a software consulting, training, and application development company. He's a native of Texas but currently lives in Norway where he writes software, runs a local software interest group, and presents and teaches whenever he can.

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Robert Smallshire - Pluralsight course - Core Python: Abstract Base Classes
Robert Smallshire

Robert Smallshire is a founding director of Sixty North, a software product and consulting business in based in Norway. He has held several senior software architecture and technical management roles, and he is a regular conference speaker. Python is his weapon of choice.

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