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99 Bottles of OOP now available in Python

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Re: 99 Bottles of OOP now available in Python

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Post by crabmusket »

lastofus wrote: post #5

This is one of my favorite software development books of all time. It's the book that finally offered straight forward guidance and wisdom on how to properly utilize OOP language features. I'm very happy to see it out for Python!

Sandi's earlier book, POODR, was also great. While it is focused on Ruby, most of the advice applies more broadly.

Reading these two really helped me understand just how impoverished the concept of OOP has become by C++ and Java, from its Smalltalk roots.

Re: 99 Bottles of OOP now available in Python

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Post by giraffe_lady »

crabmusket wrote: post #6
lastofus wrote: post #5

This is one of my favorite software development books of all time. It's the book that finally offered straight forward guidance and wisdom on how to properly utilize OOP language features. I'm very happy to see it out for Python!

Sandi's earlier book, POODR, was also great. While it is focused on Ruby, most of the advice applies more broadly. Reading these two really helped me understand just how impoverished the concept of OOP has become by C++ and Java, from its Smalltalk roots.

I was so lucky to have run into poodr when I did. Early enough in my career to still feel like I didn't know anything, but with just enough experience to have encountered the problems she was addressing "in the wild." Absolutely formative for me I have no idea where I'd be without it. The only other book to even approach its impact for me is working effectively with legacy code.

Re: 99 Bottles of OOP now available in Python

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Post by PaulRobinson »

henning wrote: post #7

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Can you actually give an example?

I believe in mechanical empathy. I think developers should - win performance is a concern - think about how their code ends up on the CPU, what ends up on the heap, how caches are used, and so on.

But for most Python developers, and Ruby developers, it's more important, in more use cases, to have clear and readable code that is easily maintainable.

I've met Sandi, I've gone through her Ruby books, I recommend her teaching and her books to others. I don't see the problem.

If you need ASM, use ASM. If you're on a team doing OOP, maybe learn about OOP.

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