Gain insights into writing cleaner, modular, and scalable Python code through Object-Oriented Programming. Dive into inheritance, polymorphism, and more with coding challenges and illustrations.

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Learn to write cleaner, more modular, and more scaleable code in Python by gaining a master of Object Oriented Programming (OOP). 

You'll start with the basics of object oriented programming and build up to more advanced concepts such as inheritance, information hiding, and polymorphism. Along the way you'll learn how each concept applies to Python in particular, as well as how various Python features make it particularly convenient for OOP.

This course is filled with hands-on coding challenges, playgrounds, snippets, and illustrations to keep things interactive.

Learn Object-Oriented Programming in Python

# What is the `super()` function?
The use of `super()` comes into play when we implement inheritance. It is used in a child class to **refer** to the parent class without explicitly naming it. It makes the code more manageable, and there is no need to know the name of the parent class to access its attributes. 


> **Note:** Make sure to add parenthesis at the end to avoid a compilation error.


# Use cases of the `super()` function

The super function is used in three relevant contexts:

## Accessing parent class properties

Consider the fields named `fuelCap` defined inside a `Vehicle` class to keep track of the *fuel capacity* of a vehicle. Another class named `Car` *extends* from this `Vehicle` class. We declare a class property inside the `Car` class with the same name, i.e., `fuelCap`, but with a different value. Now, if we want to refer to the `fuelCap` field of the parent class inside the child class, we will have to use the `super()` function.

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Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

Classes and Objects

Information Hiding

Exam 1

Inheritance

Polymorphism

Object Relationships

Exam 2

The Super Function

What is the `super()` function?

Exam 1

Exam 2

The Super Function

What is the super() function?

What is the `super()` function?