If you feel it's time you learned object-oriented programming
techniques, this is the perfect book for you. Clearly written with
practical exercises, it's the painless way to learn how to harness the
power of OOP in Python.
Key Features:
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Learn how to do Object Oriented Programming in Python using this
step-by-step tutorial
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Design public interfaces using abstraction, encapsulation, and
information hiding
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Turn your designs into working software by studying the Python syntax
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Raise, handle, define, and manipulate exceptions using special error
objects
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Implement Object Oriented Programming in Python using practical
examples
Book Description:
Object Oriented Programming is a very important aspect of modern
programming languages. The basic principles of Object Oriented
Programming are relatively easy to learn. Putting them together into
working designs can be challenging.This book makes programming more of a
pleasure than a chore using powerful Python 3 object-oriented features
of Python 3. It clearly demonstrates the core OOP principles and how to
correctly implement OOP in Python. Object Oriented Programming ranks
high in importance among the many models Python supports. Yet, many
programmers never bother learning the powerful features that make this
language object oriented.The book teaches when and how OOP should be
correctly applied. It emphasizes not only the simple syntax of OOP in
Python, but also how to combine these objects into well-designed
software.This book will introduce you to the terminology of the
object-oriented paradigm, focusing on object-oriented design with
step-by-step examples. It will take you from simple inheritance, one of
the most useful tools in the object-oriented programmer's toolbox, all
the way through to cooperative inheritance, one of the most complicated.
You will be able to raise, handle, define, and manipulate exceptions.You
will be able to integrate the object-oriented and the
not-so-object-oriented aspects of Python. You will also be able to
create maintainable applications by studying higher level design
patterns. You'll learn the complexities of string and file manipulation,
and how Python distinguishes between binary and textual data. Not one,
but two very powerful automated testing systems will be introduced to
you. You'll understand the joy of unit testing and just how easy they
are to create. You'll even study higher level libraries such as database
connectors and GUI toolkits and how they apply object-oriented
principles.
What You Will Learn:
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Implement objects in Python by creating classes and defining methods
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Separate different objects into a taxonomy of classes, and describe
the properties and behaviors of those objects via the class interface
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Design public interfaces using abstraction, encapsulation, and
information hiding
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Turn your designs into working software by learning the Python syntax
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Share implementation using inheritance
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Add functionality to the existing classes and built-ins using
inheritance
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Share similar code between classes by abstracting it into a parent
class
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Raise, handle, define, and manipulate exceptions using special error
objects
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Understand when to use object-oriented features, and more importantly
when not to
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Learn what design patterns are, and why they are different in Python
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Uncover the simplicity of unit testing and why it's so important in
Python
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Utilize common Python 3 modules, libraries, and frameworks
Who this book is for:
If you're new to Object Oriented Programming techniques, or if you have
basic Python skills and wish to learn in depth how and when to correctly
apply Object Oriented Programming in Python, this is the book fo
