*My takeaways:* 1. Object 0:59 2. Object oriented programming (OOP) 2:05 3. Object (continued) 3:30 - objects are data abstractions that capture 1. what attributes can represent an object 2) how can we interact with an object 4. The advantages of OOP 7:33 5. Class 8:55 6. Self 15:35 and an example in 19:05 7. Method 20:55 8. __str__ method 27:22 9. Special operator 32:33
0:01:32 Object 0:03:33 0:05:00 0:06:00 0:08:00 0:09:05 Creating and using your own type with classes 0:11:28 Define your own type 0:13:01 What are attributes 0:14:44 Defining how to create an instance of a classes 0:16:00 0:18:49 Actually creating an instance of a classes 0:20:38 0:22:00 Define a method for the coordinate class 0:24:29 How to use a method 0:26:00 0:27:40 0:30:52 0:32:36 Special operators 0:33:59 Class "Fraction" 0:36:00 0:38:08 Class "Fraction" used to compute 0:39:44
1. Objects comprise of 2 parts,data members and methods. 2. In effect,methods are a special type of function,function that is exclusive to an object. 3. By default,it would be meaningless to print an object,but we can reimplement our method by defining __str__ function.Likewise,we can implement addition,subtraction of objects and so on. 4. OOP is actually quite prevalent in computer science because it shields the details of a complex object from the user. It is a form of abstraction which simplifies the implementation of an application.
I know this is a three year old video, but this is really well produced and presented. This professor represents the MIT brand well. Meticulous in detail but yet, easy to understand. Excellent lecture. The best presentation I have seen on the subject, and I've seen a few. Thank you.
00:02 Object-oriented programming is about everything in Python being an object. 02:38 Objects are data abstractions with representation and interface 07:07 Object-oriented programming allows bundling data and interactions into packages for reusable and readable code. 09:20 Defining and using custom classes in Python 13:58 Creating and interacting with coordinate points in object-oriented programming 16:28 Methods and parameters in initializing a class 21:06 Adding methods to interact with objects 23:14 Using dot notation to access data attributes in classes 27:20 Defining a custom method for printing objects of a specific type in Python 29:25 Defining the Str method for the coordinate object. 33:58 Object Oriented Programming: Fraction object representation 36:19 Implementing fraction object using object-oriented programming 41:01 Object-oriented programming allows bundling similar objects with common properties and methods.
Till date , tis is the best way of teaching the class and objects concepts, typical employee class example has done nothing but creating confusion n hence failure in implementing classes when needed to many people.. Ana tis S epic tutorial.. Thanks MIT
Thank you so very much dr bell! After months of searches and reading books, I’m really happy to have finally understood oop in python ! You are amazing ! Thank you so very much ! And thank you MIT !
Hi. I am a beginner in python and find this course very helpful. I think the best part (and hence probably the most challenging) is that all the needed information is well packed into a few lectures. Thanks!
guys, tips for you beginners / intermiadtes: function is the same as method except that methods are called methods cos they are in class, but it's the same as function, function is OUTSIDE class and methods are INSIDE class. But aside that it's the same thing. Another tip is that self. You use self ALWAYS (as long it's not static method) in class methods as a first parameter, even if method do not return anything, IT MUST HAVE that 1st parameter called self (stick to self). Another example, lady showed you bad example in 25:50, there is an easy way to do it by just declaring "static method" inside class so then you could use 2 objects like c.x and zero.x. And also I'd like to add this important answet to student who asked "how do we know if it's a float/string or int", we could determine specific data type in that constructor __init__ (or call it whatever you want) by just adding simple notation like def __init__ (self, x: str, y: int): ... so now if you have mypy, it will always watch if X is string and Y int, if not then error. You dont need to add some extra code inside method as lady said, waste of lines. and Lastly important info for you, join official python discord for help/resources here: discord.gg/python and here you have some resources you can learn from / improve: pythondiscord.com/pages/resources/
@@sreehari563 I'm pretty sure that's not the case. Array and linked lists are 2 different data structures and they are used in different applications. With array, the time you need to access any element is the same, whereas the deeper the element is in a linked list, the longer it takes to access that element.
Software engineering student here (first year, about to start my second one) I've been taught a bit of POO in my second semester, I've done a shit tone of data types with their own methods and such as is required by my Data Structures subject I'm watching this as a way to prepare for POO, a subject I'll be taught this coming year; this is my refresher and hell it feels nice to know most stuff so far if not all (I'm 9 minutes into the video) I'm really excited to know what my future will look like, so far it's being great (average grade of 7 out of 10, one honorary mention in a CLI orientes subject and good relationships with my classmates and professors) love you all!
@@summa1749 well hello! Software engineering, for me as for many others that get into it, has been quite a surprise. First of all, most people that get into it think it's like programing but there's a difference: software engineering is about providing quality solutions to a given problem using quality software designed using engineering principals, therefore a software engineer, eventho he/she knows how to program (and trust me, you WILL program) is better suit at designing the system itself, that's why you're taught things as database modeling and all as soon as second year. First and second year, as in most engineering stuff, is kinda Wide, meaning it's a general purpose year where you share all of the subjects with your mates from other engineering paths that might be similar to yours. You'll be taught a lot of mathematical concepts and the basics of programing+the not so basics. You'll also be taught (probably) the fundamentals of computers as in logic gates, secuencial circuits, you'll have to build yours using lab material and all. Overall it's a really cool experience and I love it, as hard as it might be sometimes, you just gotta be organized aaand do exams from past years to know what is required of you. If you have any more questions be sure to ask them! ^-^
@@summa1749 well if we talk about maths you're gonna have them, but most of it either is reduced to derivates/integrations of functions, which is not really difficult, you just gotta learn a couple of formulas, that and some assing series like Fibonacci and all, and that's only in the first year for the second year, the most maths I've used are limit aproximations at an infinite point to know the complexity of an algorithm; my personal pro-tip, as always, is to practice if anything, the hardest thing to do are physics problems, but that's just because I've had not so good professors, the books themselves are amazing tho aaand no unfortunately I'm not familiar at all with the english system :( , but as far as I know from looking it up A level is like... 16 to 18 sooo just pick any maths and physics related stuff + some programming if you can (HTML courses will NOT be that useful tho, pick C or Java, Python is kinda meh) again, ask whatever you feel the need to :D you can reach me more easily on twitter @memirasytecalo
My understanding is that the internal implementation of Python list is an array as it allows O(1) access operation in contrast to the linked list claimed by the lecture.
Yeah, suppose you have a list of i elements of same data type and one element takes 4 bit of space in memory. Then python creates a pointer of 4*k to access the kth element. It doesn't matter how long is the list, it will take same time to access any element. Obviously it will take more time for nested lists.
Correct , internal implementation of pythonic lists is array so basically it's dynamic array whereas linked list is altogether a different data structure .
Thank you Dr Ana Bell. Most instructive. The fraction class gave me a hint into the mysterious world of computer algebra systems and how they might work by symbolically manipulating numerator and denominator.
Anna is an awesome teacher! However the camera should probably focus on the course slides. I know I probably ask for too much for MIT Open Course. Thank you anyway and I will make donation at the end of this course.
This was the BEST (by far) description of classes I have seen on the internet. Not surprisingly, but there is an obvious benefit to courses from top tier universities.
I feel like this could have been better explained in reverse. It wasn't until toward the end of the lecture that it really solidified in my mind that you have to instantiate, create an instance of the class by assigning a variable to an object of the class before you could use the methods on the class objects. That's unfortunate because it seems so pertinent to understanding OOP. However, I'm eternally grateful for the opportunity to be able to write this and actually know wtf I'm talking about! woo hoo for that!
I would've been too tempted to try and explain the Iterator pattern as part of this lecture, even though it's supposed to just be a class for beginners. I guess that's why I'm not a [sic] perfessor. LOL. But on a serious note, people should read the Gang Of Four book from 1995 called 'Design Patterns' or one of the newer editions. Although, I wouldn't try to use any of the patterns deliberately. It can get frustrating to try and follow them to the letter. The GoF book should be read just to understand developer lingo during scrum meetings. If you remember to put a role or complicated task into its own class, that'll save you. Then the role or task becomes easier to change because it's already in a separate class file. It can be that simple.
FYI Slide 5 says lists are represented internally as a "linked list" of cells. However, the Python docs and 6.006 state that Python lists are implemented as "arrays", not "linked lists".
array in python ---- : mystr="hello", print mystr[1] ----this gives 'e' :). array is a data structure that stores values of same data type. in python, List store values of different data types ----list=[1,'a',"hello",1.1]
~36:00. c = a + b. How is a and b assigned to "self" and "other", how do you know which gets assigned to what? Would appreciate an explanation what happens and where a and b values are sent.
I would prefer that the professor be in a small window of the screen and her class content that she flashes to, be continuously displayed. I have a hard time reading and absorbing it in the short time that it is being displayed.
+hlj013 These complete course materials including lecture slides and code files can be found on the OCW course site: ocw.mit.edu/6-0001F16. You can download the lecture notes and follow along with the video at your own pace.
First thank you for this great tutorial! In 36:00, why do we have inverse function without the leading and trailing underscores? What does it mean those underscores make a function "magical"?
That is one way to say it I guess, probably a misleading way. Those underscores differentiate built-in "accessories- I might say" from those user-defined. those are like built-in functions. For example, when python interpreter sees a "+" in a script associated with this object instances (like in "c + origin"), it's going to implicitly call "__add__" function(as written on the definition of that instance's object) and act accordingly what's written on that subroutine. You could implement "adding two coordinates/fractions" in your way-like defining a function as " def add(self,other)--the exact subroutine follows--", but then you won't be able to add two instances(coordinates or fractions or whatever) using shorthand "+" notation(like frac1+frac2), you'd have to explicitly tell that frac1.add(frac2), otherwise, you'd get an error. So, __add__, __float__ etc have the traits they have because python implies that they have, not because of "underscores", the underscores just differentiate them from others, marking them special; they do not not make something special. I hope that clarifies.
This was a nice minimalistic intro to OOP in Python. But it's kinda weird that you can't 'return self(top, bott)' rather than 'return Fraction(top, bott)' as per Dr Bell's Fraction example. I just tried it in Python 2.6.6. If I recall correctly, Java lets you do that with 'this'. ...But come to think of it, Java probably allows that because you can't do Multiple Inheritance in Java.
Firs of all I wanted to thank you for the awesome course. I also have a suggestion. I find it easier to follow when the class attributes and the function inputs are of different names. for example : def __init__(self, x0, y0): self.x = x0 ...
Thank you for the awesome presentation And for those who might be watching this but feel like they're understanding nothing, well I had the same feeling in the first 10 minutes, but things got crystal clear as soon as she started writing her own class. So, take your notes, if you do, and keep watching the video😁
Why should coordinate be an object. It has no behaviour in itself, it's just a tuple of two ints. Just data. And a function to compute euclidian distance is just a function that takes two coordinates, four integers or two arrays, depending on how you decide to represent coordinates as data.
You're not alone. I have previous experience programming things as a hobby but I find OOP so complicated that it would hinder my creativity rather than help. Can't see myself EVER using it.
This OOP topic seems like a sure way to make simple programming extremely complicated to understand. I'm going to guess that most people programming at home will probably never have to use these concepts. Straight functional programming seems like as complex as I would ever need to get.
@@jtk1996 I'm not the only one who thinks OOP is too abstract and overcomplicates things. I've watched several videos from accomplished programmers who can't stand using it. How does not using OOP make you a dummy exactly? Not every concept is required to program.
I would kindly like to suggest that, it is probably only me or other people? this video makes me a headache because the camera is constantly moving back and forth between Dr. Ana and the PowerPoint slides. It is so so not MIT, I did not expect it from MIT. Thank you for uploading the video.
I get the idea but why and when do we should use OOP. Why don't we just use the existent classes such as tuples, lists, dictionaries? Any examples for comparision between normal programming and OOP?
This is a question I have had. I "get" OOP but what are real world examples of where OOP is beneficial over Procedural programming? Someone explaining that would be very helpful.
OOP better than Procedure because of dynamic polymorphism and nothing else. Robert C Martin, the person who write famous books about OOP and SOLID, even said something similar.
Object oriented code is more readable? In which parallel universe? Have you actually tried to understand object oriented code vs procedural code? How is it reusable and more readable? Well explained, though, but some very false statements, which most beginners would not care about.
I am at minute 39:00. Adding fractions. This may be a good way to illustrate the concept but training programmers to use OO programming methods looks to be a difficult task, any business should look at the cost benefit.
Nice ! extremely grateful learn from anna ma'am. Well I have questions( time-----24.11) what is guarantee that use will provide X,Y in distance(self,other) for OTHER parameter.how he/she even know this ? Definitely One way by documentation but any other way .?
It is not "guaranteed" in any way, it is the responsibility of the "user" (in this context: a person using this method in her code) to provide the correct number of arguments. The method is defined for two arguments, one of each is self, so the correct usage would be something like 'a.distance(b)'. Trying anything else ( 'a.distance()' or 'a.distance(c, d)') will cause an error and raise TypeError exception.
It's a very good question. Basically, the code is not particularly good, it doesn't really consider different use cases or check for types (for example, multiplying a fraction by an integer is a perfectly reasonable use case which the code ignores). There again, it would become a fairly long function if she did a series of if and elif to look at different uses... But I can see it being confusing.
*My takeaways:*
1. Object 0:59
2. Object oriented programming (OOP) 2:05
3. Object (continued) 3:30 - objects are data abstractions that capture 1. what attributes can represent an object 2) how can we interact with an object
4. The advantages of OOP 7:33
5. Class 8:55
6. Self 15:35 and an example in 19:05
7. Method 20:55
8. __str__ method 27:22
9. Special operator 32:33
ty bhai i was looking for this
we need more poeple like you
@@rafiy7150 You are too kind!
Thank you!
@@SharronDenice You are welcome!
This explained Python objects so much better than any online tutorial I've read. Will definitely watch more of these lectures.
0:01:32 Object 0:03:33 0:05:00 0:06:00 0:08:00
0:09:05 Creating and using your own type with classes
0:11:28 Define your own type
0:13:01 What are attributes
0:14:44 Defining how to create an instance of a classes 0:16:00
0:18:49 Actually creating an instance of a classes 0:20:38
0:22:00 Define a method for the coordinate class
0:24:29 How to use a method 0:26:00 0:27:40 0:30:52
0:32:36 Special operators
0:33:59 Class "Fraction" 0:36:00
0:38:08 Class "Fraction" used to compute 0:39:44
dude. the internet is crazy, I have been to the best universities in the whole world without leaving my room.
yes
Any resource for oops c++ please🙏
@@anjalisingh-sx5ct oops are same everywhere language doesn't matter
Dude, you’re right
for real for real
1. Objects comprise of 2 parts,data members and methods.
2. In effect,methods are a special type of function,function that is exclusive to an object.
3. By default,it would be meaningless to print an object,but we can reimplement our method by defining __str__ function.Likewise,we can implement addition,subtraction of objects and so on.
4. OOP is actually quite prevalent in computer science because it shields the details of a complex object from the user. It is a form of abstraction which simplifies the implementation of an application.
I know this is a three year old video, but this is really well produced and presented. This professor represents the MIT brand well. Meticulous in detail but yet, easy to understand.
Excellent lecture. The best presentation I have seen on the subject, and I've seen a few. Thank you.
00:02 Object-oriented programming is about everything in Python being an object.
02:38 Objects are data abstractions with representation and interface
07:07 Object-oriented programming allows bundling data and interactions into packages for reusable and readable code.
09:20 Defining and using custom classes in Python
13:58 Creating and interacting with coordinate points in object-oriented programming
16:28 Methods and parameters in initializing a class
21:06 Adding methods to interact with objects
23:14 Using dot notation to access data attributes in classes
27:20 Defining a custom method for printing objects of a specific type in Python
29:25 Defining the Str method for the coordinate object.
33:58 Object Oriented Programming: Fraction object representation
36:19 Implementing fraction object using object-oriented programming
41:01 Object-oriented programming allows bundling similar objects with common properties and methods.
At 20 minutes in I was blown away at how fast it suddenly clicked for me. Wow! Great job, Dr. Bell!
As my token of gratitude Id like to give Ana another black shirt as a present to add to her already extensive collection of black shirts.
Thank you very much MIT, Dr Ana Bell and all of contributors and donors
Till date , tis is the best way of teaching the class and objects concepts, typical employee class example has done nothing but creating confusion n hence failure in implementing classes when needed to many people.. Ana tis S epic tutorial.. Thanks MIT
Thank you so very much dr bell! After months of searches and reading books, I’m really happy to have finally understood oop in python ! You are amazing ! Thank you so very much ! And thank you MIT !
Hi. I am a beginner in python and find this course very helpful. I think the best part (and hence probably the most challenging) is that all the needed information is well packed into a few lectures. Thanks!
How's it going so far?
guys, tips for you beginners / intermiadtes:
function is the same as method except that methods are called methods cos they are in class, but it's the same as function, function is OUTSIDE class and methods are INSIDE class. But aside that it's the same thing. Another tip is that self. You use self ALWAYS (as long it's not static method) in class methods as a first parameter, even if method do not return anything, IT MUST HAVE that 1st parameter called self (stick to self). Another example, lady showed you bad example in 25:50, there is an easy way to do it by just declaring "static method" inside class so then you could use 2 objects like c.x and zero.x. And also I'd like to add this important answet to student who asked "how do we know if it's a float/string or int", we could determine specific data type in that constructor __init__ (or call it whatever you want) by just adding simple notation like def __init__ (self, x: str, y: int): ... so now if you have mypy, it will always watch if X is string and Y int, if not then error. You dont need to add some extra code inside method as lady said, waste of lines. and Lastly important info for you, join official python discord for help/resources here: discord.gg/python and here you have some resources you can learn from / improve: pythondiscord.com/pages/resources/
useful thanks for your valuable help
Do you teach??
Thank you Dr. Ana Bell and MIT! The diagram and explanation at 19:30 is when I finally understood why self is needed. (I think)
It was an "Oh, I get it now" moment for me as well lol.
Best 41 minutes I've spent today.
I heard once to think of OOP classes as blueprints. It made so much more sense to me that way.
I was having trouble understanding the concept of object oriented programming and I found this. extremely useful and well explained!
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5:35 python list data isnt actually internally represented as link list. Its internally is an array
Glad you pointed this out! I was confused on this coming from C to Python, and I thought of it more as a dynamic array than a linked list.
I think Arrays in C might actually be represented internally as linked lists
@@sreehari563 I'm pretty sure that's not the case. Array and linked lists are 2 different data structures and they are used in different applications. With array, the time you need to access any element is the same, whereas the deeper the element is in a linked list, the longer it takes to access that element.
your answer is wrong in itself, "array" does not say anything about its internal representation.
@@jtk1996 Contiguous blocks of memory vs non contiguous aka linked nodes/blocks of memory
A bundle of thanks to MIT and especially to instructor : DR. ANA BELL..|||
Software engineering student here (first year, about to start my second one)
I've been taught a bit of POO in my second semester, I've done a shit tone of data types with their own methods and such as is required by my Data Structures subject
I'm watching this as a way to prepare for POO, a subject I'll be taught this coming year; this is my refresher and hell it feels nice to know most stuff so far if not all (I'm 9 minutes into the video)
I'm really excited to know what my future will look like, so far it's being great (average grade of 7 out of 10, one honorary mention in a CLI orientes subject and good relationships with my classmates and professors)
love you all!
@@summa1749 well hello! Software engineering, for me as for many others that get into it, has been quite a surprise. First of all, most people that get into it think it's like programing but there's a difference: software engineering is about providing quality solutions to a given problem using quality software designed using engineering principals, therefore a software engineer, eventho he/she knows how to program (and trust me, you WILL program) is better suit at designing the system itself, that's why you're taught things as database modeling and all as soon as second year.
First and second year, as in most engineering stuff, is kinda Wide, meaning it's a general purpose year where you share all of the subjects with your mates from other engineering paths that might be similar to yours. You'll be taught a lot of mathematical concepts and the basics of programing+the not so basics. You'll also be taught (probably) the fundamentals of computers as in logic gates, secuencial circuits, you'll have to build yours using lab material and all.
Overall it's a really cool experience and I love it, as hard as it might be sometimes, you just gotta be organized aaand do exams from past years to know what is required of you.
If you have any more questions be sure to ask them! ^-^
@@summa1749 well if we talk about maths you're gonna have them, but most of it either is reduced to derivates/integrations of functions, which is not really difficult, you just gotta learn a couple of formulas, that and some assing series like Fibonacci and all, and that's only in the first year
for the second year, the most maths I've used are limit aproximations at an infinite point to know the complexity of an algorithm; my personal pro-tip, as always, is to practice
if anything, the hardest thing to do are physics problems, but that's just because I've had not so good professors, the books themselves are amazing tho
aaand no unfortunately I'm not familiar at all with the english system :( , but as far as I know from looking it up A level is like... 16 to 18 sooo just pick any maths and physics related stuff + some programming if you can (HTML courses will NOT be that useful tho, pick C or Java, Python is kinda meh)
again, ask whatever you feel the need to :D you can reach me more easily on twitter @memirasytecalo
My understanding is that the internal implementation of Python list is an array as it allows O(1) access operation in contrast to the linked list claimed by the lecture.
Yeah, suppose you have a list of i elements of same data type and one element takes 4 bit of space in memory. Then python creates a pointer of 4*k to access the kth element. It doesn't matter how long is the list, it will take same time to access any element. Obviously it will take more time for nested lists.
Correct , internal implementation of pythonic lists is array so basically it's dynamic array whereas linked list is altogether a different data structure .
It seems like she’s referring to a custom list impl using singly linked list which is needed to teach any mod on sicp
@@souravkumar-ue8uj hope someone clarifies this.
Thank you Dr Ana Bell. Most instructive. The fraction class gave me a hint into the mysterious world of computer algebra systems and how they might work by symbolically manipulating numerator and denominator.
oh my god. MIT best. I feel pity didn't study hard in the past
Best Explanation of OOP's Python I ever seen.
It starts to get real with this video.. Thanks MIT , Thanks Anna
Awesome lecture. Thanks Dr Ana Bell
Ana's appeal has been really consistent so far
Finally I understand what is class , objects and attributes. Thank you very much.
this is a very informative and fast paced course. thanks mit.
OOP has 4 principles : Abstraction, Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism. Nice explanation of these here.
Anna is an awesome teacher! However the camera should probably focus on the course slides. I know I probably ask for too much for MIT Open Course. Thank you anyway and I will make donation at the end of this course.
This was the BEST (by far) description of classes I have seen on the internet. Not surprisingly, but there is an obvious benefit to courses from top tier universities.
This is the best explanation of python class I had ever seems!! Thanks for the lecture.
I feel like this could have been better explained in reverse. It wasn't until toward the end of the lecture that it really solidified in my mind that you have to instantiate, create an instance of the class by assigning a variable to an object of the class before you could use the methods on the class objects. That's unfortunate because it seems so pertinent to understanding OOP. However, I'm eternally grateful for the opportunity to be able to write this and actually know wtf I'm talking about! woo hoo for that!
This is the best explanation I have seen. Thank You Thank You.
I would've been too tempted to try and explain the Iterator pattern as part of this lecture, even though it's supposed to just be a class for beginners. I guess that's why I'm not a [sic] perfessor. LOL.
But on a serious note, people should read the Gang Of Four book from 1995 called 'Design Patterns' or one of the newer editions. Although, I wouldn't try to use any of the patterns deliberately. It can get frustrating to try and follow them to the letter. The GoF book should be read just to understand developer lingo during scrum meetings. If you remember to put a role or complicated task into its own class, that'll save you. Then the role or task becomes easier to change because it's already in a separate class file. It can be that simple.
I understand what classes are.But what are the use of classes? What are the things that can be done in class but not in a normal function?
Thank you MIT and Professor Ana!!! I really enjoy the lectures and I learned a lot.
FYI Slide 5 says lists are represented internally as a "linked list" of cells. However, the Python docs and 6.006 state that Python lists are implemented as "arrays", not "linked lists".
array in python ---- : mystr="hello", print mystr[1] ----this gives 'e' :). array is a data structure that stores values of same data type. in python, List store values of different data types ----list=[1,'a',"hello",1.1]
Thank you very much MIT and Dr Ana Bell, really very helpful.
~36:00. c = a + b. How is a and b assigned to "self" and "other", how do you know which gets assigned to what? Would appreciate an explanation what happens and where a and b values are sent.
I love how she measured every word before speaking it.
I would prefer that the professor be in a small window of the screen and her class content that she flashes to, be continuously displayed. I have a hard time reading and absorbing it in the short time that it is being displayed.
+hlj013 These complete course materials including lecture slides and code files can be found on the OCW course site: ocw.mit.edu/6-0001F16. You can download the lecture notes and follow along with the video at your own pace.
while you are right.... yeah, just pause it, genius
Guess what? This is better then the 2 hour lecture from my prof
Great and very understandable lecture ! Thanks, Dr.Ana Bell!
Thank you Dr.Ana for your clear lecture.
What a joy it must be to teach at MIT. You get listened to, and you get asked interesting questions. Excellent teaching this is.
improve ur grammer.
Thank you so much for this opportunity to learn!
amazing articulation. very clear and easy to grasp!! much respect!!
MIT, a preview of what came with distance education. Thanks
Python lists are implemented as overallocated arrays and not linked lists
Extremely good explanations...Thank you Anna
First thank you for this great tutorial! In 36:00, why do we have inverse function without the leading and trailing underscores? What does it mean those underscores make a function "magical"?
That is one way to say it I guess, probably a misleading way. Those underscores differentiate built-in "accessories- I might say" from those user-defined. those are like built-in functions. For example, when python interpreter sees a "+" in a script associated with this object instances (like in "c + origin"), it's going to implicitly call "__add__" function(as written on the definition of that instance's object) and act accordingly what's written on that subroutine. You could implement "adding two coordinates/fractions" in your way-like defining a function as " def add(self,other)--the exact subroutine follows--", but then you won't be able to add two instances(coordinates or fractions or whatever) using shorthand "+" notation(like frac1+frac2), you'd have to explicitly tell that frac1.add(frac2), otherwise, you'd get an error. So, __add__, __float__ etc have the traits they have because python implies that they have, not because of "underscores", the underscores just differentiate them from others, marking them special; they do not not make something special. I hope that clarifies.
Because that is not built in operator but a custom function that she has designed
Amazing teacher!!! Makes the concept super simple and clear!!!
This was a nice minimalistic intro to OOP in Python. But it's kinda weird that you can't 'return self(top, bott)' rather than 'return Fraction(top, bott)' as per Dr Bell's Fraction example. I just tried it in Python 2.6.6. If I recall correctly, Java lets you do that with 'this'. ...But come to think of it, Java probably allows that because you can't do Multiple Inheritance in Java.
Interesting, hadn't thought about it.
she is returning a new Fraction, not 'self', if you refer to __add__ and __sub__ in the Fraction class
This was very informative and helpful. Thanks!
class Gratitude(object):
def __init__(self, MIT, Ana):
self.MIT = MIT
self.Ana = Ana
Firs of all I wanted to thank you for the awesome course. I also have a suggestion. I find it easier to follow when the class attributes and the function inputs are of different names. for example :
def __init__(self, x0, y0):
self.x = x0
...
Damoon Rastegar what does x represent here vs x0?
That would just disrupt/throw me off, but I guess you do you.
Thanks MIT and Dr. Ana Bell
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Can anyone explain how is list.sort() implemented in Python? Which sorting algorithm is used and what is its efficiency? How can I find these details?
You read the source code. How hard is that? Or you just look it up on the web at wikipedia. It's called Timsort.
it really makes SENSE. thank you
Thank you for the awesome presentation
And for those who might be watching this but feel like they're understanding nothing, well I had the same feeling in the first 10 minutes, but things got crystal clear as soon as she started writing her own class. So, take your notes, if you do, and keep watching the video😁
from where can I download the .py files and slides mentioned early in the video to follow along?
The course materials can be found on MIT OpenCourseWare at: ocw.mit.edu/6-0001F16. Best wishes on your studies!
Thank you for this great lesson in OOP!
Thank you internet! ❤️
Thank You Mam!
#just some random thought, I liked the way you said "oops" in 17:02
Very clear explanation, great video
Why should coordinate be an object. It has no behaviour in itself, it's just a tuple of two ints. Just data. And a function to compute euclidian distance is just a function that takes two coordinates, four integers or two arrays, depending on how you decide to represent coordinates as data.
This is very helpful. Thank you
Will 'return' work instead of '__str__' ? @30:00
Almost halfway and still feeling like am listening to a foreign language
You're not alone. I have previous experience programming things as a hobby but I find OOP so complicated that it would hinder my creativity rather than help. Can't see myself EVER using it.
Give it time, take a break and come back to it, it's a new way to think, you'll get it ;)
If you are new to OOP, this lecture won't help you understand it. There are videos out there that explain this concept of OOP much easier.
Thanks MIT and Dr. Ana Bell for the clear lecture on OOP... Just a dry joke, I was the '404' liker for this video 😒
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In 26:00 can we write zero.distance(c) instead of c.distance(zero)??
you may but in function zero would consider self then computation formula became inverse
Of course. Euclidean distance would be the same doing both things. So to speak... "You are as far to me as I am as far to you".
As she said before, self refers to any of the objects of a class. Therefore, since zero is also an instance of Coordinate, yes you can!
thank for the informative presentation.
Can you share your code about the other function implementations(sub, add, float etc....)
Course materials, code snippets, etc. can be found on MIT OpenCourseWare at: ocw.mit.edu/6-0001F16. Best wishes on your studies!
i really liked her lectures ... God bless You!
Thank you so much for this awesome lect :)
This OOP topic seems like a sure way to make simple programming extremely complicated to understand. I'm going to guess that most people programming at home will probably never have to use these concepts. Straight functional programming seems like as complex as I would ever need to get.
so what? you watch an introduction to computer science and want to stop it at a level of "programming for dummies"?
@@jtk1996 I'm not the only one who thinks OOP is too abstract and overcomplicates things. I've watched several videos from accomplished programmers who can't stand using it. How does not using OOP make you a dummy exactly? Not every concept is required to program.
I would kindly like to suggest that, it is probably only me or other people? this video makes me a headache because the camera is constantly moving back and forth between Dr. Ana and the PowerPoint slides. It is so so not MIT, I did not expect it from MIT. Thank you for uploading the video.
Awesome lecture, thank you so much
Thank you for the lecture professor
She says that Python lists are linked lists. They are not. Python lists are vectors of pointers to objects.
giving "list" as an example is quite confusing but other than that fantastic lecture.
Thank you for uploading
How I can get this presentation
the best i have seen😍
Why doesn't the innit have a return statement?
There is no need to derive from object class in Python3. Unless you want to teach students that Python3 always inherit from the object class
tony james I remember she used Python 2 in the course
I get the idea but why and when do we should use OOP. Why don't we just use the existent classes such as tuples, lists, dictionaries? Any examples for comparision between normal programming and OOP?
This is a question I have had. I "get" OOP but what are real world examples of where OOP is beneficial over Procedural programming? Someone explaining that would be very helpful.
OOP better than Procedure because of dynamic polymorphism and nothing else. Robert C Martin, the person who write famous books about OOP and SOLID, even said something similar.
Thanks. Great lectures. Love it.
Class can be used to contain objects and can be used
Object oriented code is more readable? In which parallel universe? Have you actually tried to understand object oriented code vs procedural code? How is it reusable and more readable?
Well explained, though, but some very false statements, which most beginners would not care about.
I am at minute 39:00. Adding fractions. This may be a good way to illustrate the concept but training programmers to use OO programming methods looks to be a difficult task, any business should look at the cost benefit.
11:09 With a beautiful black board behind her she turns to the Bamboo whiteboard on her laptop...
Do you expect her to write out all the other text of the examples as well?
Proffesor Bell. Thanks
obli is gonna watch the video
and will comment after the video lec
Good video. Well explained.
Great introduction to OOP!
Nice ! extremely grateful learn from anna ma'am. Well I have questions( time-----24.11) what is guarantee that use will provide X,Y in distance(self,other) for OTHER parameter.how he/she even know this ? Definitely One way by documentation but any other way .?
It is not "guaranteed" in any way, it is the responsibility of the "user" (in this context: a person using this method in her code) to provide the correct number of arguments. The method is defined for two arguments, one of each is self, so the correct usage would be something like 'a.distance(b)'. Trying anything else ( 'a.distance()' or 'a.distance(c, d)') will cause an error and raise TypeError exception.
It's a very good question. Basically, the code is not particularly good, it doesn't really consider different use cases or check for types (for example, multiplying a fraction by an integer is a perfectly reasonable use case which the code ignores). There again, it would become a fairly long function if she did a series of if and elif to look at different uses... But I can see it being confusing.
you dont have to inherit from class object in python 3
thank u for amazing lecture