In object-oriented programming, we sometimes say that when type A extends type B, that type A is-a type B. (More about this in a moment.) This example also demonstrates polymorphism, which is one ...

There are three major features in object-oriented programming that makes them different than non-OOP languages: encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism. Encapsulation refers to the creation of ...

This lesson starts a new segment about Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) — an important set of concepts critical to understanding any modern software, not just modern embedded software. As usual in ...

Two of the key concepts in object-oriented programming (OOP ... common superclass thanks to their hierarchical structure and polymorphism. Inheritance offers several advantages: Inheritance ...

An object oriented database manages objects, like the ones used in object oriented programming. But what are objects? In programming, as in life, objects are things. The things have a set of ...

The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional programming approach that is advocated by popular Python libraries and JavaScript ...

Before Object Oriented Programming (OOP) programs were written an imperative way, essentially a long list of commands (instructions). In imperative programming, you write your code the way you ...

It covers both object-oriented programming techniques and their application to program design including classes, objects and objects lifecycle, abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism ...

Users are advised to get on board with object-oriented programming sooner rather than later, because OOP is the future. Martin Buchwitz is editor of SPS Magazin in Germany. SPS Magazin has ...