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6. Procedural vs. object-oriented programming


  • Most modern programming languages (such as C++ or Java) can be used simply as procedural languages.

  • However, doing so leaves the most powerful techniques unused...

    • ...only a small fraction of the potential language benefits is gained.

  • Focus is on approaches to design that enable effective use of

    • data abstraction

    • object-oriented programming facilities

  • Such techniques are often called object-oriented design.

  • Black box way of thinking is typical in procedural programming:

      procedural programming

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