Sams Teach Yourself Object Oriented Programming in 21 Days, Second Edition

Chapter 2. Encapsulation: Learn to Keep the Details to Yourself

Hopefully, Day 1, “Introduction to Object Oriented Programming,” piqued your interest, and you probably have many questions. As you can guess, there is a lot more to object-oriented programming than a few simple definitions. When taking an OO approach to software development, you can’t simply plod and hack your way along. Instead, you must have careful planning and a sound grounding in the important theories behind OOP. Unfortunately, there is no practical way to become an OOP expert in a few years, let alone in 21 days! Instead, you need to step back and ask, “What am I trying to accomplish?” Are you trying to become a theoretical expert or a practical practitioner? You see, you ...