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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 One of the easiest ways to understand what is meant by ‘object oriented’, is to define what it is not.

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 ...

Waste of time says, full-stack engineer Senior full-stack engineer Ilya Suzdalnitski has published a lively 6,000 word essay calling object-oriented programming "a trillion dollar disaster".

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

Users are advised to get on board with object-oriented programming sooner rather than later, because OOP is the future.

Functional programming supports well-defined, defensible software giving reproducible results. Object-oriented programming is the mechanism par excellence for managing complexity while keeping things ...

Do you have a single class in your Java design that does too much and knows too much? If so, you've fallen into the God object antipattern. Here's a look at how to refactor your God object and ...