What’s OOP?

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Object-oriented programming focuses on using objects rather than actions to accomplish tasks. It involves data modeling, inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation. OOP makes good use of modularity, allowing for independent changes to different parts of the program.

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming language model that focuses on using objects rather than actions to accomplish tasks. This involves taking a more data-conscious and less logic-oriented approach, as is more commonly the case in other programming paradigms. The view of objects and actions is the opposite of how it is in other languages, and the emphasis is on the objects themselves rather than performing tasks that use the objects. Similarly, the framework does not consider the decision on how to use the logic, but on the definition of the data that will be used in programming.

Designing computer software with object-oriented programming begins with defining the objects to be manipulated by the program. The programmer will then begin to identify the relationship between each object, a process usually referred to as data modeling. In essence, the programmer seeks to place objects into a classification, thereby helping to define the data that is part of the inheritance brought to the task by each object. In fact, the process of defining these data classes and subclasses is usually called inheritance.

OOP also helps sorting objects in a way that allows for polymorphism. That is, different objects will be able to respond to a common message, but each in a different way that is unique to that object. At the same time, this type of programming allows for the encapsulation of an object, effectively hiding or protecting the data associated with the object from easy viewing without security access.

One of the benefits of object-oriented programming is that the process makes good use of modularity, which means that objects and tasks are grouped together in such a way that each module is able to be considered independently. This can be of great help when making improvements to a program, as modularity allows you to tackle the task of making changes to the setup of one part of the programming without affecting the structure and function of the other modules.




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