Looking for a good introduction to object oriented programming with Python

[Mark Lawrence]

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
>>
> 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
> 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-...
>>
>> Here's the corresponding PDF to go with the video:
>>
>> 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 ???

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Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.