In procedural language the building blocks of a project is procedures(functions) in object oriented project the building blocks are objects (classes) .
ithelp
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if you had a job interview for a Java programmer and don't even know what object oriented programming is you're a complete fraud.
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object orientated programming is using objects to code so as to remove the need for global variables, create better securer code and programming at a higher level than that of machine code.
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You don't need to know by heart the exact definition of OOP in order to be able to write code. Just know how to use objects correctly.
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And that's why there are so many pisspoor programmers. They "learn" a few tricks and think they know what it's all about.
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