Object Oriented Programming by Example.

[Brandon W]

Very detailed. Simply amazing work mate, it was worth the read! Can't wait for your next tutorial

+rep

[WingedPanther]

I might have some more after I finish reading Design Patterns.

[Brandon W]

Are you next tutorials going to be on Design Patterns?

[WingedPanther]

Probably. I have to get over this bug and finish reading the book, first.

[Brandon W]

Oh, that's no good. Get well soon mate

[WingedPanther]

I'm back at work today. That's a start.

[WingedPanther]

Procedural programming is easy to understand: you just follow a sequence of steps. OOP is trickier, because you have objects interacting instead of steps being followed. It's kind of like the difference between making ice cream and a refrigerator.

To make ice cream, you mix the ingredients and put them in a container that's in ice. You add salt to the ice to force it to melt, and crank the ingredients. The melting ice freezes the ingredients. Mix, Add salt, crank. Simple.

A refrigerator has a thermostat. When the temperature drops below a certain level, it emits one signal. When it goes above a certain level, it emits a different signal. A compressor monitors the signal. When it receives one, it start, when it receives another, it stops. A dial controls the temperatures on the thermostat. The compressor has additional sensors to indicate anti-freeze leaks and other failures. Unrelated systems handle making ice, dispensing ice, dispensing water, and crushing ice. If any of these systems fails, the refrigerator is "broken".

[foedan]

Extremely interesting read, really gives you a sense of the enormity of data that needs to be stored even in "small" programs. Any chance of a followup perhaps describing how to mathematically balance different characters when creating a system like this, or even just more in depth on OOP in general?

Good job

[WingedPanther]

Now that I've had some vacation time and gotten my head pulled together, maybe. I'm working on learning LISP right now, though, so I'm more likely to do a few tutorials on that.

[Phoenixz]

I must say, you did an excellent tutorial, and I like how you make everything understandable, even to the less knowledgable programmers (I.E. me XD).

Also, thankyou for teaching me to make ice-cream. :}