Skill

Practice Built-in Type Extension

February 2024 with Shaun Wassell

Join Shaun Wassell as we learn about some of Python's advanced techniques for extending and customizing data types. From counting integers to sanitizing input data so that it's safe to use, all the way to extending dictionary data structures, we'll learn to expand Python's default data types.

Recommended Experience

Basic Python programming
Understanding of OOP
Knowledge of Python data structures

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Certified Professional Python Programmer Level 1 (PCPP1)

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Python developer
Software engineer
Data engineer

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Skill Outline

1. Example #1: Instance Counting with Ints (6:25)
2. Example #2: Sanitized Strings (9:52)
3. Example #3: Default-Value Dictionaries (10:27)
4. Example #4: Percentage Floats (8:25)
5. Challenge and Solution (Example #5): Representing Units (12:55)

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