Well this week, we talked about
object oriented programming or OOP and I guess it’s best if I described what
OOP is. OOP is simply a model or a way of approaching problems by making
distinct objects which pertain specific attributes the programmer wants to
manipulate and or keep track of. In doing so, one can essentially create many
object to manipulate around in order to perform a desired, useful function. For
example if one would like to manipulate fractions, one might make a new object
called Fractions with instance variables that represents the numerator, the
denominator and perhaps an integer for mixed fractions. Creating a constructor
class will allow the programmer to reuse and recycle the code many times to
create many objects of type fractions to manipulate around.
As an avid gamer, one can
appreciate OOP when knowing virtually everything in video games can be
represented as an object. This includes the variety of units, terrain, environment
and others. Another reason why OOP is useful is error correction and or making
something easier to modify later on. By simply changing the constructor class
of the object, one can change the properties of the same object called
throughout the whole program, which makes errors easier to solve.
As for the concepts and
techniques learnt so far about OOP, it’s nothing really new compared to high school
other than the fact that I’m learning it in Python for the first time. My first
programming experience came from Java and as such I’m constantly analyzing the similarities
and differences between the two languages. Especially when it comes to the
topic of hierarchy and inheritance, being able to understand certain things due
to having experience coding in Java is quite helpful knowing how this topic was
quite confusing when I first learnt it back in high school. Although I can tell
that the pace of this course is very fast compared to high school and it will
only be a mater of time before it goes beyond what was taught in high school.
