Looking for a good introduction to object oriented programming with Python

[Mark Lawrence]

Please see my comment at the bottom hint hint :)

On 06/08/2012 16:38, Ramchandra Apte wrote:
> Its a docstring - it documents the function/class
> Did you know that docstrings can be used for testing - look at the doctest
> standard library module!
> try:
>
> class A:
>      def method(self):
>          '''Sample method
> This method does the difficult task X.
> Call this method with no arguments.'''#docstring
>          pass
>
> then type :
>
> help(A.method)
>
> And viola!
> On 6 August 2012 20:26, Jean Dubois <jeandubois314 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 5 aug, 20:28, Mark Lawrence <breamore... at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 05/08/2012 19:04, Jean Dubois wrote:
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>>>> 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 thishttp://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/OOP.shtml???
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers.
>>>
>>> Mark Lawrence.
>> Thanks, this one is a lot better. Could you just tell me what the use
>> is of the following lines:
>> """Class docstring."""
>> """Method docstring."""
>> """Method docstring."""
>> Taken from the following code fragment (I really want to understand
>> every bit of code, and the author doesn't mention this)
>>
>>
>> class OurClass(object):
>>      """Class docstring."""
>>
>>      def __init__(self, arg1, arg2):
>>          """Method docstring."""
>>          self.arg1 = arg1
>>          self.arg2 = arg2
>>
>>      def printargs(self):
>>          """Method docstring."""
>>          print self.arg1
>>          print self.arg2
>>
>>
>>
>> thanks in advance
>> jean
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>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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Ramchandra Apte will you please stop top posting.  In your native 
language you may well but from bottom to top, but this news group 
prefers reading top to bottom :)  Thanks.

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.