Looking for a good introduction to object oriented programming with Python

[Jean Dubois]

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 ...
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> Could do worse than this :
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> http://www.diveintopython.net/object_oriented_framework/index.html
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This example seems to tell you need the concept of dictionaries to
explain object oriented programming, is this really necessary?
> and this
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> 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.
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> read together.
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> Judging by your question this is a probably a little advanced for now but you could bookmark it for the future:
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> http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-design-patterns-through-...
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> Here's the corresponding PDF to go with the video:
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> 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