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99 Bottles of OOP now available in Python

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249 points mattcollins | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 15:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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lastofus ◴[19 Nov 24 21:12 UTC] No.42188142[source]▶
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!

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crabmusket ◴[19 Nov 24 21:17 UTC] No.42188180[source]▶
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.

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1. giraffe_lady ◴[19 Nov 24 21:37 UTC] No.42188369[source]▶
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.