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title = "Python 3 Object Oriented Programming - Dusty Phillips"
date = 2016-04-02
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[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8679996-python-3-object-oriented-programming):
The book begins with the very foundations of OOP and then uses practical
examples to show how to correctly implement Object Oriented Programming in
Python. Many examples are taken from real-world projects. The book focuses on
high-level design as well as the gritty details of the Python syntax. The
provided exercises inspire the reader to think about his or her own code,
rather than providing solved problems. If you're new to Object Oriented
Programming techniques, or if you have basic Python skills and wish to learn
in depth how and when to correctly apply Object Oriented Programming in
Python, this is the book for you. If you are an object-oriented programmer for
other languages, you too will find this book a useful introduction to Python,
as it uses terminology you are already familiar with. Python 2 programmers
seeking a leg up in the new world of Python 3 will also find the book
beneficial, and you need not necessarily know Python 2.
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After a bunch of titles from Packt, I expected something that would be half
OO, half Python 3. But I got a very happy surprise reading the book because it
does really go intro OO, explaining from analysis to design to code and then
slowly dwelving into Python around those topics.
Not only that, but instead of simply assuming his position is right, the
author explores other possibilites and than moves back when something doesn't
work -- kinda like _Robert C. Martin_ does in _Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile
Software Craftsmanship_.
In the end, even after I work with Python for 5+ years, I still learnt a few
more things about using Python for OO development (and really got in agreement
with the author when OO isn't necessary!)