Introduction to Object Oriented Programming, 3rd Ed

Timothy A. Budd

Chapter 1

Thinking Object-Oriented

Outline

1. Roadmap
2. Conflicing Objectives
3. Why has OOP Remained Popular for so long?
4. A new Paradigm
   1. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
   2. Example from Computer Languages
      1. A Better Solution
      2. Why did the Second Programmer find a Better Solution
   3. Church's Conjecture
5. Imperative Programming
   1. Visualization of Imperative Programming
6. Why Not Build a Program out of Computers?
   1. Recursive Design
7. Kays Description of Object-Oriented Programming
   1. Illustration of OOP Concepts -- Sending Flowers to a Friend
   2. Elements of OOP - Agents and Communities
   3. Elements of OOP - Objects
   4. Elements of OOP - Messages
   5. Information Hiding
   6. Elements of OOP - Receivers
   7. Different Receivers, Same Message, Different Actions
   8. Behavior and Interpretation
   9. Elements of OOP - Recursive Design
   10. Non-interference
   11. Elements of OOP - Classes
   12. Hierarchies of Categories
   13. A Class Hierarchy
   14. Elements of OOP - Inheritance
   15. Elements of OOP - Overriding
8. Computing as Simulation
   1. Metaphor and Problem Solving
   2. Quote from newsweek
9. Chapter Summary

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Intro OOP, Chapter 1, Outline