How To Start Learning Python NOW

James Gill — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 18:03:39 +0000

I see variations on the same question repeated hundreds of times. I want to point everyone to the excellent resources on python.org itself. Save yourself a lot of time scouring third-party resources and start here:

Step 0: The official Beginner's Guide:

https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide

If you've never programmed before:

https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers

If you have some programming experience:

https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers

I especially want to direct newbies to the list of ranked and rated learning resources:

https://hackr.io/tutorials/learn-python

What is the __construct Method Used For in PHP?

James Gill — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 01:01:49 +0000

The __construct method is used to pass in parameters when you first create an object--this is called 'defining a constructor method', and is a common thing to do.

However, constructors are optional--if you don't want to pass any parameters at object construction time, you don't need it.

Here's an example:

    // Create a new class, and include a __construct method
    class Task {

        public $title;
        public $description;

        public function __construct($title, $description){
            $this->title = $title;
            $this->description = $description;
        }
    }

    // Create ('construct') a new object, passing in a $title and $description
    $task = new Task('Learn OOP','This is a description');

    // Try it and see
    var_dump($task->title, $task->description);

For more details on what a constructor is, see the manual.

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