Introducing OOP
In Chapter 1, The First App, we mentioned that Java was an object-oriented language. An object-oriented language requires us to use object-oriented programming.
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What is OOP exactly?
OOP is a way of programming that involves breaking our requirements down into chunks that are more manageable than the whole.
Each chunk is self-contained yet potentially reusable by other programs, while working together as a whole with the other chunks.
These chunks are what we have been ...
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