In this course we will implement object-oriented programming into Python programs; outline the importance of why and how we use object-oriented programming; and learn how to use inheritance when designing a program. We will also look at how to build a graphical user interface for a basic program.



Object-Oriented Programming and GUI with Python
This course is part of Python: A Guided Journey from Introduction to Application Specialization


Instructors: Adwith Malpe
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Students will understand why object oriented programming is used and how to create a graphical user interface.
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There are 3 modules in this course
In this module, you will discover object-oriented programming and learn how to implement this practice in Python.
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4 videos7 readings1 assignment
In this module, you will implement inheritance and polymorphism into an application.
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4 videos6 readings1 assignment
In this module, you will build a basic graphical user interface (GUI) that will tie into an application.
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8 videos12 readings3 assignments1 peer review
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Reviewed on Jul 23, 2025
This is very helpful and well structured courser and it helped me a lot with the GUI and OOPs concepts of python , very well taught and nice problems also
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