Avoid These 7 Common OOPSies in Python

In this video, I’ll uncover common bad OOP Python practices and show you how to keep your code clean and maintainable. Learn why you should replace unnecessary classes with functions, use modules instead of classes with only static methods, and flatten deep inheritance hierarchies.

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🔖 Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:11 #1 A Function Masquerading as a Class
1:53 #2 A Module Masquerading as a Class
4:37 #3 Complex Inheritance structures
7:51 #4 Not Relying on Abstractions
11:27 #5 Ignoring Encapsulation
15:34 #6 Excessive Use of Getters and Setters
17:40 #7 Heavily Relying on Mixins
22:50 Final thoughts

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