MLT schrieb:
Hello all: I'm a beginner to Python (and programming altogether), and
am now looking to create a program of my own. What I've got in mind
is a very basic pest control program that would keep track of 1) trap
findings and 2) pesticides. My thought is to make each of these
classes. Looking at the general outline written below, can anyone
give general impression about whether I'm somewhat going in the right
direction or if I need to approach it entirely differently? Thanks
for any suggestions or help!
Familiarize yourself with PEP8 for naming and coding-conventions first.
Class Insect_Trapping attributes:
- Unique Name
- Location
- Type
Depending on what the Type is, you might consider using subclassing here
instead.
- Frequency of Checks?
- Next Check Date
Within Insect_Trapping there are Trap_Count objects
Trap_Count objects have the following attributes:
- Date
- Time
- Insect A Finds
- Insect B Finds
- Insect C Finds
- Insect A Number
- Insect B Number
- Insect C Number
Instead of manually coding attributes for all kinds of insects, better
use a mapping of insect-name to attributes. There are plenty of options
for that - you could a mapping of name to tuple:
{ "cockroach" : (100, 200),
"wasp" : (2000, 3000)
}
Or introduce a InsectInfo-class that has finds and numbers as fields:
{ "bee" : InsectInfo(finds=100, number=200) }
Class Pesticides attributes:
- Unique Name
- Usage Instructions
Within Pesticide there are Pesticide_Usage objects
Pesticide_Usage objects have the following attributes:
- Date
- Time
- Location
- Reason for Use
- Amt Used
HTH,
Diez
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