{"id":5646471,"date":"2022-07-25T10:15:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightning.ai\/pages\/?p=5646471"},"modified":"2022-09-10T11:09:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T15:09:48","slug":"python-classes-and-object-oriented-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightning.ai\/pages\/education\/lightning-bits\/python-classes-and-object-oriented-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"EP 10: Python Classes and Object-Oriented Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Lightning Bits episode, learn the basic idea behind object oriented-programming in Python.<\/p>\n<p>Object-oriented programming is one of the essential concepts behind using Python to its full potential, and it&#8217;s one of the cornerstones of modern machine learning deep learning frameworks like scikit-learn and PyTorch.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video, or continue reading below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rf8da4pVLwY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for future episodes of Lightning Bits! 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