Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
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“The World is Object-Oriented”
-Alan Kay
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Introduction
– A Brief Programming History
– OOP
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Computer Programming
An algorithm is a step-by-step process.
A computer program is a step-by-step set of
instructions for a computer.
Every computer program is an algorithm.
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Computer Programming
The history of computer programming is a
steady move away from machine-oriented
views of programming towards concepts and
metaphors that more closely reflect the way
in which we ourselves see & understand the
world
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Programming Languages
• Programming languages allow programmers
to develop software.
• The three major families of languages are:
– Machine languages
– Assembly languages
– High-Level languages
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Machine Languages
• Comprised of 1s and 0s
• The “native” language of a computer
• Difficult to program – one misplaced 1 or 0
will cause the program to fail.
• Example of code:
1110100010101 111010101110
10111010110100 10100011110111
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Assembly Languages
• Assembly languages are a step towards easier
programming.
• Assembly languages are comprised of a set of
elemental commands which are tied to a
specific processor.
• Assembly language code needs to be translated
to machine language before the computer
processes it.
• Example:
ADD 1001010, 1011010
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High-Level Languages
• High-level languages represent a giant leap
towards easier programming.
• The syntax of HL languages is similar to English.
• Example:
grossPay = basePay + overTimePay
• Interpreter – Executes high level language programs without compilation.
• Historically, we divide HL languages into two
groups:
– Procedural languages
– Object-Oriented languages (OOP)
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Procedural Languages
• Early high-level languages are typically called
procedural languages.
• Procedural languages are characterized by
sequential sets of linear commands. The focus
of such languages is on structure.
• Examples include C, COBOL, Fortran, LISP,
Perl, VBScript
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Object-Oriented Languages
• The focus of OOP languages is not on structure,
but on modeling data.
• Programmers code using “blueprints” of data
models called classes.
• Examples of OOP languages include C++,
Visual Basic.NET and Java.
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Early programming languages
1950s 1960s 1970s
Simula
Lisp
Algol60 Algol68
Fortran Pascal
BCPL Classic C
COBOL
PL\1
Red==major commercial use
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Blue==will produce important “offspring”
Modern programming languages
Lisp Python
Smalltalk PHP
Fortran77
Eiffel Java95 Java04
Simula67
C89 C++ C++98 C++0x
Ada Ada98 C#
Pascal Object Pascal
COBOL04 Javascript
COBOL89
Visual Basic
PERL 13
• Simula is a name for two simulation programming
languages, Simula I and Simula 67, developed in the
1960s at the Norwegian Computing Center in Oslo, by
Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard.
• Simula is considered the first object-oriented
programming language.
• Simula was designed for doing simulations, and the
needs of that domain provided the framework for many of
the features of object-oriented languages today.
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Introduction
– A Brief Programming History
– OOP
– Classes & Objects
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OOP
• OOP is mainly a program design philosophy.
• OOP uses a different set of programming
languages than old procedural programming
languages (C, Pascal, etc.).
• Everything in OOP is grouped as self
sustainable "objects". Hence, you gain re-
usability by means of four main object-oriented
programming concepts.
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OOP
• In OOP programmers define not only the data type of a data
structure, but also the types of operations/methods
(functions) that can be applied to the data structure.
• In this way, the data structure becomes an object that
includes both data and functions (methods) in one unit. In
addition, programmers can create relationships between
one object and another.
• For example, objects can inherit characteristics from other
objects.
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Object-Oriented Programming Languages
· Pure OO Languages
Eiffel, Actor, Emerald, JADE, Obix, Ruby, Python, Scala,
Smalltalk, Self.
· Hybrid OO Languages
Delphi/Object Pascal, C++, Java, C#, VB.NET, Pascal,
Visual Basic, MATLAB, Fortran, Perl, COBOL 2002,
PHP, ABAP, Ada 95.
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OOP
Key idea in object-oriented:
The real world can be “accurately” described as a
collection of objects that interact.
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OOP Basic Terminology
Object
- usually a person, place or thing (a noun)
Method
- an action performed by an object (a verb)
Property or attribute
- Characteristics of certain object.
Class
- a category of similar objects (such as automobiles), does
not hold any values of the object’s attributes/properties
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