Getting Started With OOP
The main point of this session that was recorded live was to outline the key concepts of OOP. By the end of this session you will understand why we want to code in OOP and will understand the key terms used in object oriented programing. By the end of this session you will understand the what,why when of OOP.
Video Transcript
00:00In tonight's meeting is OOP for Flash with Ben Kala.
00:04The details of this session will focus on the ideas behind OOP.
00:11This session will be ideal for people with little or no experience in OOP.
00:18Thank you, John.
00:19All right, so I'm going to get started.
00:20So first of all, this whole point of today is really to,
00:25I know some of you guys are already members on my side, some are you not,
00:28some of you have experience with object-oriented programming,
00:31some are completely new to it.
00:33The goal of this hour is really not to see the code and see how the code interacts,
00:39but more to understand the ideas behind object-oriented programming.
00:44And it's kind of a counterpart to our sessions
00:47that our actual learning objects-oriented programming on our side or other resources.
00:51So the idea is to try to simplify the ideas
00:54and understand why we actually want to work with object-oriented programming.
00:58We're going to talk today about our learning goal.
00:59We're going to talk about what you'll know by the end of this session.
01:02And we're going to have a few assumptions about you
01:05before you can actually really understand what's going on.
01:08So the first is our learning goal is to really understand
01:11the what, why, and when of object-oriented programming.
01:14Obviously, it's a really, really big topic,
01:16so it would be impossible for us to cover every single thing.
01:19But our goal is really to get you a better, hopefully more focused
01:25understanding of what is object-oriented programming
01:27and why do we actually want to work in an object-oriented type of coding.
01:32Now, what you'll actually know by the end of the session,
01:35hopefully you'll have a strong understanding
01:36of the values of object-oriented programming
01:39and an overall understanding of key terms.
01:41So when you encounter all these crazy words that are related to,
01:46oh, they're not going to look scary anymore, hopefully,
01:48and we'll be able to simplify them and understand what they are.
01:51Even if tomorrow morning you're not going to do every single thing,
01:54and, oh, it's not going to be unfamiliar.
01:57So then when you actually get into it and you're actually doing it,
02:01it's going to be more comfortable.
02:03Now, a few assumptions that we have are very simple.
02:05Do you have some coding experience?
02:07And do you have a familiarity with a language that is object-oriented?
02:13Now, at any time, if we have specific questions or if time permits,
02:16then we could always jump into Flash and see it in action,
02:20anything you guys want to see in action.
02:22So let's start.