Python Speak Object Oriented

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class

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Tell python to make a new kind of thing

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object

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two meanings: the most basic kind of thing, and any instance of some thing

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instance

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what you get when you tell Python to create a Class

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def

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how you define a function inside a class

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self

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inside the functions in a class, self is a variable for the instance/object being accesseed

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inheritance

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the concept that one class can inherit traits from another class, much like you and your parents

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composition

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the concept that a class can be composed of other classes as parts, much like how a car has wheels

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attribute

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a property that classes have that are from composition and that are usually variables

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is-a

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a phrase to say that something inherits from another, as in a salmon Is-a fish

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has-a

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a phrase to say that something is composed of other things or has a trait, as in a salmon has-a mouth