diff --git a/assessment.md b/assessment.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7197c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/assessment.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# Object Oriented Programming Quicksheet Assessment + +Andrew, + +There are so many metaphors for OOP--I like how you describe it as blueprints. Expanding +on your (Python-specific) note about the `__init__` constructor, you might be interested +to learn about [all the other magic methods in Python classes](https://rszalski.github.io/magicmethods/). Basically all the built-in Python operators can be defined with custom +implementations, giving rise to idiomatic stuff like `pathlib.Path` overriding the +`/` division operator to mean "concatenate file path." In your future teaching, I +encourage you to help students understand not just what OOP is, but the niche +that OOP occupies as a problem-solving strategy, and how it can be composed with other +strategies. I'm not sure I quite agree with "OOP is better suited for more complex +problems;" there are plenty of folks who would argue just the opposite :) + +-Chris