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ronald goodwin
516 PointsOk question about OOP
O.k. You explain pretty good about what to do, But there is not a huge explanation of why to do it. lIKE i dont understand why I am doing this all differently out of the main "main function" orusing main and methods on the same page. I dont get the need for classes and I am a bit confused about the classes like I know how to do em from watching your video but dont know why I am doing them.
I just wish there was more in depth information
ronald goodwin
516 PointsRichard Ziegler Bro I am glad it is not only me. I was feeling that way bad I still am actually. If you figure anything different out please let me know because as you said it feels I am copy and pasting without getting any real knowledge of the concepts and situation.
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Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherHi Ronald!
I think you will understand this better as the course progresses, but I admire your thirst for knowledge.
Try perusing the official Java SE tutorial real quick. The tutorial will go over some things we haven't gone over yet, but I'm thinking it might fill in the gaps for you.
Basically at this point I want you to think about making a model of real life objects. This allows you and other developers to interact with the object and exposing things that the object can do, and what state it can be in at any given time. By keeping it in one place, anyone can use your object and not need to know how it is accomplishing its different actions. Think back to the radio example, you can change the channel and turn it on and off, but you don't really know how it is accomplishing it's tasks.
Let me know if it helps!
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherRonald, someone else was wondering things as well.
Check out this post.
Richard Ziegler
1,952 PointsRichard Ziegler
1,952 PointsI'm in the same boat Ronald. I spend a lot of time feeling like I am just copying from the video to the work space, and then having to copy from the work space for the quiz. Just a lot of telling me what to do and saying "Isn't that cool?" It's sure is cool, but I don't really know why I am doing any of it.