Exercise: Building a Student Registry

Task

Your task is to create a simple Student class that represents students in a school registry. You'll practice writing classes, utilizing class attributes and methods, implementing getters and setters, and initializing class instances.

Instructions

Step 1: Class Definition

Create a Student class with the following attributes and methods

Attribute	Type	Description	Default
_name	string	Required. Students name	N/A
_age	int	Students age	13
_grade	string	Students current grade	"12th"
name	getter	Required Returns students name	N/A
name	setter	Required Updates the students name only if the student name is 3 characters or more, holds no spaces or special characters, and is in title format	N/A
age	getter	Required Returns students age	N/A
age	setter	Required Updates the students age only if the age value is an int type, is greater than 11, and is lower than 18	N/A
grade	getter	Required Returns students grade	N/A
grade	setter	Required Updates a students grade only if the grade falls within 9th - 12th grade and the value is formatted with "th" next to the numbered grade	N/A

Methods	Parameters	Returns
__str__	N/A	"Student 1: Name: Francisco, Age: 15, Grade: 12th"
advance	Optional years_advanced	"Francisco has advanced to the 13th grade"
study	Required subject	"Francisco is studying Computer Science"

Step 2: Initialization

1. Create a few instances of the Student class, initializing them with different names, ages, and grades.
2. Print out the details of each student using the getters.

Step 3: Testing

This exercise has a built in test suite with pytest to help you develop your abilities with Test Driven Development. Run the test suite with the following command:

 pytest test_student_registry.py

Once you've passed the provided tests, write your own tests to ensure your class methods are working appropriately.

Conclusion

This exercise allowed you to practice writing a class, implementing getters and setters, and initializing class instances. By utilizing these skills, you've gained a deeper understanding of how to create well-structured classes that encapsulate data while providing controlled access and modification methods. Well done! 🎉