Dusty Phillips 是一名加拿大自由软件开发人员、教师、武术家以及开源爱好者。他和Arch Linux 社区以及其他开源社区有着紧密联系。他维护着Arch Linux 的门户网站以及编译了流行的Arch Linux 手册。Dusty 持有计算机科学人机交互方向的硕士学位。他目前在自己的计算机里安装了6 种不同的Python 解释器。

译者简介

肖鹏，毕业于北京理工大学信息与通信工程专业，2011年起就职于思科系统（中国）信息技术服务有限公司，是一名网络咨询工程师，具有多年Python网络开发经验。个人博客： http://www.pythoner.io/ GitHub：xiaopeng163

常贺，毕业于北京邮电大学计算机科学与技术专业，现就职于思科系统中国公司高级服务部门。他具备多年的网络监控管理系统的开发经验。

石琳，思科系统（中国）信息技术服务有限公司网络咨询工程师，具有多年python开发经验，目前从事SDN方面的技术工作。

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.

Harness the power of Python 3 objects; it's not just a scripting language