A person wrote via e-mail: > songbird wrote: >> Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: ...
[post ok'd by them] > > my goal in learning python was to use it as a way of > > picking up OOP concepts in a more concrete way (theory > > alone doesn't give me enough hands on the bits i need so > > i tend to just do other things instead). > > > > now that i've used python for a starting project and > > have that project mostly working i want to step back and > > work on the OOP aspects. > A Scandinavian company put out a good series (I think by Lean Publishing). > The first is "The Python Apprentice", the next is "The Python Journeyman", > and presumably there is a third that I have yet to see, ie 'Master'. > > Perhaps "Clean Code in Python", Packt - doesn't match everyone's style. will take a look for things and see what i can find. so i'll put these on the list. > Python's 'batteries included' is exemplified by the Python Standard Library. > Doug Hellman used to blog a 'Python Module of the Week' (see > https://pymotw.com/3/) which you might review. He has also published a book > on the PSL through O'Reilly. ok, thanks. :) > To some extent you may be talking about Design Patterns. Unfortunately, this > area is terribly confused by certain authors taking concepts from other > languages, eg Java, and trying to find a Python equivalent. This is a > grossly non-Pythonic approach. So, I'll join a previous correspondent by > recommending you stay away from anything 'tainted' by Java-think. i would agree with that anyways... > There are plenty of Python books 'about'. Beyond the 'basics' they tend to > become more topical, eg Scientific, Financial, Data Analysis... so what > suits you might not me. i'm pretty well read so i can adapt to a lot of subject matters as long as the concepts are geared towards what i'm after. a solid example is a good thing as long as it covers the concepts - the problem i usually have with many examples though is that they are too simplistic to be interesting enough but that's just me being picky. ha... > Your question is rather broad and open-ended. Do you have access to a decent > library? What is available there? Have you looked at the various free > books/downloads and YouTube subscriptions? Happy reading! i do have access to a library and it is connected to the rest of the state and country if i can't get any of the mentioned items within the network. though i much prefer an electronic copy because the amount of time it may take me to get through a longer text. songbird -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
