On Thursday, June 27, 2002, at 08:10 AM, Kondwani Spike Mkandawire wrote:
> I still don't get what the big fuss of OO programming is about > I do agree that it is stylistic hence helps someone else who > hasn't written your code to follow up on what you are doing... > But so far the programs I have been writing in OO supported > languages have been written and scripted on an "as is needed" > basis... i.e. I have the basic idea then I simply start scratching > down methods/functions I have never sat down and drawn > a single UML diagram on a project that I am about to do... > > How many of us have done so? Could some one please > point out another feasible advantage of OO programming > a part from the fact that I would make someone else's work > easier by using this style of programming... I never used UML for the project I'm working on (and am almost finished with), but I sure wish that I had. I just didn't know UML or even OO programming when I started. Basically I started out writing a giant application with procedural code, and then as I learned how to use objects, I cleaned everything up by using objects to represent most of the actors and data. But because I never properly modeled my project (my fault I know, I'm not blaming anyone else but me), it is far uglier than I would like. This assignment is almost done, but I have been learning Java in my free time and it is my plan to properly model this project and rewrite it in Java as an exercise. Maybe not implement every single detail, but get the bulk of it. Life is one big learning exercise anyway.... Erik ---- Erik Price Web Developer Temp Media Lab, H.H. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
