Looking for a good introduction to object oriented programming with Python

Sun Aug 5 14:43:10 EDT 2012

I would recommend Bruce Eckel's Thining in Python. Check it out here
http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIPython/
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
> On 05/08/2012 19:04, Jean Dubois wrote:
>>> On 5 aug, 02:11, shearich... at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> One reason you may be having difficulty is that unlike some languages
>>> (C++/Java) object-orientation is not a be all and end all in Python, in
>>> fact you could work with Python for a long time without really 'doing it'
>>> at all (well other than calling methods/properties on existing API's).
>>> Having said that here's what I would suggest ...
>>>>>> Could do worse than this :
>>>>>> http://www.diveintopython.net/**object_oriented_framework/**index.html<http://www.diveintopython.net/object_oriented_framework/index.html>
>>>>>> This example seems to tell you need the concept of dictionaries to
>> explain object oriented programming, is this really necessary?
>>>>> and this
>>>>>> http://docs.python.org/**tutorial/classes.html<http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html>
>>>>> Unfortunately, the trouble with this explanation is exactly what made
>> me ask the original question: it starts from concepts in c++ making it
>> very hard to understand for someone who does not know that language
>> already.
>>>>>>>> read together.
>>>>>> Judging by your question this is a probably a little advanced for now
>>> but you could bookmark it for the future:
>>>>>> http://www.catonmat.net/blog/**learning-python-design-**
>>> patterns-through-.<http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-design-patterns-through-.>
>>> ..
>>>>>> Here's the corresponding PDF to go with the video:
>>>>>> http://assets.en.oreilly.com/**1/event/45/Practical%20Python%**
>>> 20Patterns.<http://assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/45/Practical%20Python%20Patterns.>
>>> ..
>>>>> Can someone here on this list give a trivial example of what object
>> oriented programming is, using only Python?
>>>> thanks in advance
>> Jean
>>>>> Try this http://www.voidspace.org.uk/**python/articles/OOP.shtml<http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/OOP.shtml>???
>> --
> Cheers.
>> Mark Lawrence.
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