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Most Android developers will use Java to write their apps. Java is an object oriented programming language. But what precisely does that mean?

One of the important evolutions that's happening in object oriented programming is algebraic data types, ADTs. ADTs allow us a better way to represent data structures.

Why does Java's standard class library contain empty interfaces like Cloneable and Serializable? Find out why in this sixth installment in the "Object-oriented language basics" series. You'll also ...

I started wondering about what object oriented programming was and I thought Erlang wasn't object oriented, it was a functional programming language. Then, my thesis supervisor said "But you're ...

Moving from object-oriented to functional programming is a paradigm shift for developers, but these key principles explain why it's worth the effort.

Many LabVIEW programmers already perform object-oriented programming (OOP). The basic building block is the VI, which is comparable to a subroutine with multiple input and output parameters.

The story begins in 1979 when Bjarne was conducting research at Bell Labs, primarily using C language. C language is powerful, but Bjarne felt it was "too hardcore"; managing complexity in large ...

The solution resembles database programming before the object-oriented era. But there is one big difference: Butler utilizes the full power of the object-oriented programming language.

The TIOBE Index is an indicator of which programming languages are most popular within a given month. According to the TIOBE ...