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Description: This course focuses on using object-oriented programming languages in the development of modern business applications. Topics include object-oriented design, encapsulation, object ...

Proponents of object-oriented techniques point to the flexibility and extensibility of object-oriented systems along with other benefits such as increased modularity, abstraction, and encapsulation.

An object has state, behavior, and identity (in the Booch method). An object is the encapsulation of functions and data, and it has a public interface and a private representation to make the internal ...

While most students pick up algorithmic approaches to programming fairly easily, many struggle to get their heads around the idea of object-orientation.