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Python Object-Oriented Programming

You're reading from   Python Object-Oriented Programming Build robust and maintainable object-oriented Python applications and libraries

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801077262
Length 714 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Dusty Phillips Dusty Phillips
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Object-Oriented Design 2. Objects in Python FREE CHAPTER 3. When Objects Are Alike 4. Expecting the Unexpected 5. When to Use Object-Oriented Programming 6. Abstract Base Classes and Operator Overloading 7. Python Data Structures 8. The Intersection of Object-Oriented and Functional Programming 9. Strings, Serialization, and File Paths 10. The Iterator Pattern 11. Common Design Patterns 12. Advanced Design Patterns 13. Testing Object-Oriented Programs 14. Concurrency 15. Other Books You May Enjoy
16. Index

Treat objects as objects

This may seem obvious; you should generally give separate objects in your problem domain a special class in your code. We've seen examples of this in the case studies in previous chapters: first, we identify objects in the problem, and then model their data and behaviors.

Identifying objects is a very important task in object-oriented analysis and programming. But it isn't always as easy as counting the nouns in short paragraphs that, frankly, the authors have constructed explicitly for that purpose. Remember, objects are things that have both data and behavior. If we are working only with data, we are often better off storing it in a list, set, dictionary, or other Python data structure (which we'll be covering thoroughly in Chapter 7Python Data Structures). On the other hand, if we are working only with behavior, but no stored data, a simple function is more suitable.

An object, however, has both data and behavior. Proficient...

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