Python Class Constructors and Instance Initialization

Published: 19 May 2022
on channel: Real Python
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Class constructors are a fundamental part of object-oriented programming in Python. They allow you to create and properly initialize objects of a given class, making those objects ready to use.

This is a portion of the complete course, which you can find here:
https://realpython.com/courses/using-...

The rest of the course covers:
Fine-tune object creation by overriding .__new__()
Subclassing immutable Built-in Types
Returning instances of a different class
Allowing only a single instance of your class (singleton)