In computer science, object-oriented programming, OOP for short, is a computer programming paradigm. The idea behind object-oriented programming is that a computer program may be seen as composed ...

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is sometimes portrayed as difficult and intimidating. The truth is that object-oriented programming uses a very familiar model to help make programs easier to manage.

While most students pick up algorithmic approaches to programming fairly easily, many struggle to get their heads around the idea of object-orientation. Teaching object-oriented programming with ...