When to use classes, and when to use standard functions instead July 31, 2021 - 1:00 pm There should only be one — and preferably only one — obvious way to do it”, says the Zen of Python .

One of the parameters passed to the function must be the class of the object being created (I'll call that the "class parameter"). Normally, that means your factory function can only create a single ...

You will create a class in just the same way you create a function, except you will use “class” instead of “def.” We then name the class, add a colon, and indent everything that follows.