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Sep

Object Oriented Programming with Python

Workshop/Training | Bernd Klein | 15 + 16 September 2025, 9 am - 5 pm | online | Doctoral Researcher / Education / PEP / Postdoc / Software and programming skills

This workshop is an introduction in object oriented programming with Python.

The course starts from scratch, showing the underlying ideas and implementations. It also introduces illuminates the special Python philosophy of Python concerning OOP. The course ends with advanced OOP Python concepts ”Class decoration“ and ”Metaclassing“.


Agenda:

 1.1.    Introduction
 1.2.    Class and Instance Attributes
 1.3.    Data Abstraction using getters and setters
 1.4.    Properties
 1.5.    Magic Methods and Operator Overloading
 1.6.    Inheritance
 1.7.    Multiple Inheritance
 1.8.    Class Decoration
 1.9.    Metaclasses


Participation requirements:

Intermediate programming knowledge in Python.  Participation in the course “Basic Python“ or familiarity with the topics of this course. Participation in the course ”Python Advanced“ is not crucial but helpful.

This workshop is free of charge for registered members of the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School and its cooperation partners on Bahrenfeld campus in the PIER Education Platform.

Location:

online / Zoom

Date:

15 + 16 November 2025, 9 am - 5 pm

Lecturers:

Bernd Klein

Credit points:

1.0

Open for:

Doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

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