The reason you need to use self. is because Python does not use the @ syntax to refer to instance attributes. Python decided to do methods in a way that makes the instance to which the method belongs be passed automatically, but not received automatically: the first parameter of methods is the instance the method is called on. That makes methods entirely the … Read more
You need to add the path of your pip installation to your PATH system variable. By default, pip is installed to C:\Python34\Scripts\pip (pip now comes bundled with new versions of python), so the path “C:\Python34\Scripts” needs to be added to your PATH variable. To check if it is already in your PATH variable, type echo %PATH% at the CMD … Read more
You can use triple-quoted strings. When they’re not a docstring (the first thing in a class/function/module), they are ignored. (Make sure to indent the leading ”’ appropriately to avoid an IndentationError.) Guido van Rossum (creator of Python) tweeted this as a “pro tip”. However, Python’s style guide, PEP8, favors using consecutive single-line comments, like this: …and this is also what you’ll find … Read more