Theoretical level is useless, believe me. What is useful is understanding at intuitive level. You can achieve it with or without knowing theory, but you need a lot of practice anyway. Also, different languages providing OOP actually encourage different approaches. You have to follow one that your PL is suited to and that is the best solution for your current task, not that OOP or any other paradigm dictates you.
Comment on What is OOP, really? Why so many different definitions?
matcha_addict@lemy.lol 8 months agoOOP is one of, if not the most popular programming paradigm. Surely understanding it at a theoretical level isn’t useless. It would be the first step to understanding its benefits and trade offs.
bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
polygon6121@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Use it for a while, to complement your theoretical study. Things will become clearer when you have your own understanding and opinion about it.
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 8 months ago
How would one use it if they’re struggling to understand it to start with? 🤨
polygon6121@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You are right. But I still find the ‘heavier’ theory, that is what I assumed OP refered to, to be more difficult to grasp then following a basic tutorial and just trying to solve problems. In time with practice you get a better understanding for WHY the theory is how it is, and you can apply it better and of course improve your code. And that understanding will unlock more tools both in OOP and in your mind.
So if you are struggling, I recommend not starting with theory.
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I see where you’re coming from, I think. In my experiences with trying to follow tutorials though, I’ve found the difficulty to be between rough explanations and the examples given feeling too a little too simple and isolated from how they might be applied in a working program.