Steven F. Lott - Python Object-Oriented Programming

Python Object-Oriented Programming

Fourth Edition

Build robust and maintainable object-oriented Python applications and libraries

Steven F. Lott

Dusty Phillips

BIRMINGHAMMUMBAI

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Python Object-Oriented Programming

Fourth Edition

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Steven Lott has been programming since computers were large, expensive, and rare. Working for decades in high tech has given him exposure to a lot of ideas and techniquessome bad, but most are useful and helpful to others.

Steven has been working with Python since the '90s, building a variety of tools and applications. He's written a number of titles for Packt Publishing, including Mastering Object-Oriented, Modern Python Cookbook, and Functional Python Programming.

He's a technomad, and lives on a boat that's usually located on the east coast of the US. He tries to live by the words "Don't come home until you have a story."

Dusty Phillips is a Canadian author and software developer. His storied career has included roles with the world's biggest government, the world's biggest social network, a two person startup, and everything in between. In addition to Python Object-Oriented Programming, Dusty wrote Creating Apps In Kivy (O'Reilly) and is now focused on writing fiction.

Thank you to Steven Lott, for finishing what I started, to all my readers for appreciating what I write, and to my wife, Jen Phillips, for everything else.

Bernt Gbor, originally from Transylvania, works as a senior software engineer at Bloomberg in London, UK. During his day job, he primarily focuses on improving the quality of the data ingestion pipeline at Bloomberg with predominant use of the Python programming language and paradigms. He's been working with Python for over ten years and is a major open-source contributor in this domain, with a particular focus on the packaging area. He's also the author and maintainer of high-profile projects such as virtualenv, build, andtox. For more information, see https://bernat.tech/about .

I would like to express my very great appreciation to Lisa, my fiance, for her invaluable support on a daily basis. Love you!