Foundations: The Ministry of Silly Objects | Linux Today

Foundations: The Ministry of Silly Objects

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 25, 2010

[ Thanks to Brendan Scott for this
link. ]

“DENNIS: What I object to is that you automatically
treat me like an inferior!
ARTHUR: Well, I am king!
(Scene 3)

“This post is about “objects”. Not everyday sort of objects that
you can touch. Programming objects. In fact, not any old
programming objects, but Python objects. Objects are a way of
packaging together data and ways of dealing with the data. In the
previous tutorial we encountered a variable called fileObject
– from last tute:”


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Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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