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What does object-oriented programming really mean?
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Object oriented programming is
the predominant way that developers think
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about software development.
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But what does object oriented
programming really mean?
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It means we can think of a software
program as a bunch of distinct objects
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working together.
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A software program can be
defined by how different objects
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interact with each other.
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These objects,
just like objects in the physical world,
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have their own characteristics and
attributes.
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They also have their own abilities and
behaviors.
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For example, the object I have in my
hand right now is a PEZ dispenser.
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It has attributes.
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For example, it's green and orange.
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And it has ten pieces of PEZ inside of it.
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It also has behaviors.
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It can dispense.
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Thanks Yoda.
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I am another type of object.
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I'm a human and
I can interact with the Pez dispenser.
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I can add Pez to it.
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We can even break this simple object into
smaller objects with their own attributes
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and behaviors.
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For example,
Pez dispensers have a head and a body.
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Although these are all
parts of the Pez dispenser,
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we can think of each of
them as distinct parts.
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If we were creating
a software application for
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a Pez dispenser we might model each
of these objects separately in code.
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Thinking about software this
way has lots of benefits.
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For one, it makes thinking about building
a large software application a lot easier.
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We just have to think about the different
types of objects that the software
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is composed of.
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Then you can craft each of
those objects one at a time.
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These objects can then be composed
together to make something really cool.
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Thinking about the program
in an object oriented way
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naturally breaks it up into smaller parts.
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And that makes the whole
program easier to code.
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Another major benefit is software reuse.
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The code that's written to
describe an object could be reused
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in another software project that
needs the same type of object.
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Code reuse is really important.
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Now-a-days, in order to write a software
application, you actually only have to
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write a tiny percentage of the total
code that makes up the entire program.
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Reusing code is what makes it possible
to write so much software so quickly.
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In fact, many software developers
believe so much in code reuse
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that they share the code they write by
putting it on the web for anyone to use.
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This is called open source code.
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It's only because they follow the
principles of object oriented programming,
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that others are able to integrate that
code into their own software projects
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so easily.
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