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Python Object-Oriented Programming - Fourth Edition

By : Steven F. Lott, Dusty Phillips
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Python Object-Oriented Programming - Fourth Edition

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By: Steven F. Lott, Dusty Phillips

Overview of this book

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a popular design paradigm in which data and behaviors are encapsulated in such a way that they can be manipulated together. Python Object-Oriented Programming, Fourth Edition dives deep into the various aspects of OOP, Python as an OOP language, common and advanced design patterns, and hands-on data manipulation and testing of more complex OOP systems. These concepts are consolidated by open-ended exercises, as well as a real-world case study at the end of every chapter, newly written for this edition. All example code is now compatible with Python 3.9+ syntax and has been updated with type hints for ease of learning. Steven and Dusty provide a comprehensive, illustrative tour of important OOP concepts, such as inheritance, composition, and polymorphism, and explain how they work together with Python’s classes and data structures to facilitate good design. In addition, the book also features an in-depth look at Python’s exception handling and how functional programming intersects with OOP. Two very powerful automated testing systems, unittest and pytest, are introduced. The final chapter provides a detailed discussion of Python's concurrent programming ecosystem. By the end of the book, you will have a thorough understanding of how to think about and apply object-oriented principles using Python syntax and be able to confidently create robust and reliable programs.

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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Get in touch
1
Object-Oriented Design
Object-Oriented Design
Introducing object-oriented
Objects and classes
Specifying attributes and behaviors
Hiding details and creating the public interface
Composition
Inheritance
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
Free Chapter
2
Objects in Python
Objects in Python
Introducing type hints
Creating Python classes
Modules and packages
Who can access my data?
Third-party libraries
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
3
When Objects Are Alike
When Objects Are Alike
Basic inheritance
Multiple inheritance
Polymorphism
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
4
Expecting the Unexpected
Expecting the Unexpected
Raising exceptions
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
5
When to Use Object-Oriented Programming
When to Use Object-Oriented Programming
Treat objects as objects
Adding behaviors to class data with properties
Manager objects
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
6
Abstract Base Classes and Operator Overloading
Abstract Base Classes and Operator Overloading
Creating an abstract base class
Operator overloading
Extending built-ins
Metaclasses
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
7
Python Data Structures
Python Data Structures
Empty objects
Tuples and named tuples
Dataclasses
Dictionaries
Lists
Sets
Three types of queues
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
8
The Intersection of Object-Oriented and Functional Programming
The Intersection of Object-Oriented and Functional Programming
Python built-in functions
An alternative to method overloading
Functions are objects, too
File I/O
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
9
Strings, Serialization, and File Paths
Strings, Serialization, and File Paths
Strings
Regular expressions
Filesystem paths
Serializing objects
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
10
The Iterator Pattern
The Iterator Pattern
Design patterns in brief
Iterators
Comprehensions
Generator functions
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
11
Common Design Patterns
Common Design Patterns
The Decorator pattern
The Observer pattern
The Strategy pattern
The Command pattern
The State pattern
The Singleton pattern
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
12
Advanced Design Patterns
Advanced Design Patterns
The Adapter pattern
The Façade pattern
The Flyweight pattern
The Abstract Factory pattern
The Composite pattern
The Template pattern
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
13
Testing Object-Oriented Programs
Testing Object-Oriented Programs
Why test?
Unit testing with unittest
Unit testing with pytest
Imitating objects using Mocks
How much testing is enough?
Testing and development
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
14
Concurrency
Concurrency
Background on concurrent processing
Threads
Multiprocessing
Futures
AsyncIO
The dining philosophers benchmark
Case study
Recall
Exercises
Summary
15
Other Books You May Enjoy
Other Books You May Enjoy
16
Index
Index

An alternative to method overloading

One prominent feature of many object-oriented programming languages is a tool called method overloading. Method overloading refers to having multiple methods with the same name that accept different sets of parameters. In statically typed languages, this is useful if we want to have a method that accepts either an integer or a string, for example. In non-object-oriented languages, we might need two functions, called add_s and add_i, to accommodate such situations. In statically typed object-oriented languages, we'd need two methods, both called add, one that accepts strings, and one that accepts integers.

In Python, we've already seen that we only need one method, which accepts any type of object. It may have to do some testing on the object type (for example, if it is a string, convert it to an integer), but only one method is required.

The type hints for a parameter that can take on multiple types...

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