Question

I am trying to understand the core of object oriented programming for php or actionscript proect. As far as I understand, we will have a Main class that control different elements of the project. For example, photoslider class, music control class..etc. I created instance of those classes inside my Main class and use their method or property to control those objects.

I have studied many OOP articles but most of them only talks about inheritance, encapsulation…etc I am not sure if I am right about this and I would appreciate if someone can explain more about it. Thanks!

Answer 1

Same question , i was asking when i were just starting my career but i understood Object Orientation as i progress in my career.

but for very basic startng point in oop.

1- think about object just try to relate your daily household things like ( your laptop, your ipad, your Mobile, your pet)

Step 2-

Try to relate objects like ( Your TV an your remote ) this gives you the basic idea how object should relate to each other.

Step 3-

Try to visulize how things compose to create a full feature like your Body compose of (Heart, Lungs and many other organs)

Step 4-

Try to think about object lifetime ( Like as a example a car enigne is less useful outside Car , so if car is a object than this object must contain a engine and when actual car object destroys engine is also destroyed)

Step 5-

Try to learn about a polymorphism ( Like a ScrewDriver can take may shapes according to your need then map to your objects if your using c# than try to leran about ToString() method overriding)

Step 6 –

Try to create a real life boundry to your real life object ( Like your House ; You secure your house by various means )

this is the initial learning .. read as much as text as you find and try to learn by your own examples

in the last ; oop is an art first , try to visulize it.