7 Objects and Classes
Objects are the bread and butter of many a programmer. Python makes full use of objects, even to the point of inspiring the mantra, “Everything is an object.” However, if you’ve worked with classes and objects in any other language, Python’s take may surprise you.
Object-oriented programming (or OOP) is a paradigm in which data and its corresponding logic is organized into objects. If you’re familiar with such languages as Java, C++, Ruby, and C#, you’re well acquainted with these concepts.
Yet, object-oriented programming in Python is not mutually exclusive with functional programming; in fact, the two paradigms work ...
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