New to python, i would like to know what a class is ?

[pfaber11]

Hi my name is Paul and I've been using Python about a week. Kind of getting to grips with it and making progress . Upto now and for the last 16 months I've been using AGK2 and have had some success with it and produced a few games . One thing which I don't understand is the class thing . What is it and how does it work in a nice simple to understand explanation please . thanks.

[buran]

check our tutorial on class basics

[DeaD_EyE]

The "class thing" is whole concept for programming languages.
Other concepts: imperative, declarative, functional
With a class you define a behavior of an object. A class is like a construction plan for objects.

A class instantiates an object and the object follows the rules of the class.
The object has attributes and methods. You can read and write the attributes.
A method should do something with the object.

The other very important topic is inheritance.
If you have a general class for Bricks, you can inherit from the Bricks class and make Special_Bricks.
The class Special_Bricks inherits all methods and attributes from the Bricks class.
Additional features and properties are added to the Special_Bricks class.
If you change the Bricks class, the Special_Bricks class is also affected.

[pfaber11]

Ok thanks for the reply it took me a while to get my head around arrays too. I get the inheritance thing at least. I'll probably understand it more and where to use it as I go further into it. I've spent the last 16 months learning AGK2 but decided I wanted to learn a professional language so here I am . I've only ever used BASIC so oop is a new concept to me . So far so good really liking Python.