OOP books?

[Asun Friere]

On Oct 16, 7:12 am, Bruno Desthuilliers
<bdesth.quelquech... at free.quelquepart.fr> wrote:

[snip]

> Not a word about Python in it, but:http://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Object-Oriented-Addison-Wesley-...
>
> A must-read if you want to understand OO (MHO of course).

Yes, if only to see how many of the design patterns in C++ are not
applicable to Python ;)  But seriously, the Gang of Four book is the
classic book for design patterns.  I agree that it is required
reading, but it probably requires a working knowledge of basic OO
design to get much out of it.

At a more basic level a good UML primer (such as Page-Jones'
'Fundamentals of OO Design in UML') will get you thinking about OO
Design and is worth a look.  If only to see how many of the Java-like
concepts are not applicable to Python.

Has anyone looked at, and have any opinions about, this rather
expensive tome? Goldwasser & Letcher 'Object-Oriented Programming in
Python'
http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-Programming-Python-Michael-Goldwasser/dp/0136150314/