SLOG #1 - Object Oriented Programming:

   Object Oriented Programming (OOP) is a method of programming based on a hierarchy of classes that utilizes objects rather than just the functions and procedures. In terms of OOP, an “object” refers to a particular instance of a class. An object can call on functions or methods of the class the object is an instance of.  Using object oriented programming, coding repetition can be reduced. Rather than writing coding repetitively one object after another, a class can be created, and the instances can be used to store the values. This style of programming also makes the codes easier to maintain because changes can be made within the object’s class.

   So far for this week, we’ve focussed on stacks, raising exception, and especially inheritance. In object oriented programming, inheritance allows a class (base class) to transfer its attribute onto another class (subclass). In addition, a subclass can override data and methods from the base class. This feature allows programmers to extend or modify codes using the created subclass without changing the base class. For instance if I have already created a class A, then allow B to inherit from A allow B to gain access to any method that is in A that is not defined in B. If B contains any method that happens to share the same name with a method from A, then we consider B has overridden that method whether we want to extend on top of the original method or not. Using OOP creating a stack, or raising an exception can be achieved by writing their individual classes. This means inheritance would applicable once a base class is created as I have seen from my lectures.

   Overall, starting off a semester by learning about object oriented programming not only was it fun, but it also helped me to refresh my memory on the concepts I learn from csc108 while learning new concepts with respect to programming.