Java Video Tutorial 5: Object Oriented Programming

This is assuming your real world analogy, but we are programmers, it is our job to know as much as we can about the tools we use. you wouldn't want to be a mechanic and only know how some of your tools are used would you?

Is it me or is a class just a renamed function? You can call a function with function(); right? So assuming a function is declared you can just call(); it. Also your point about not knowing how it gets to the result, blind programing (as I call it) this is a disadvantage because it creates coders that just fob it off, "nah i dunno who it does it". The point of computer programing is to have more control over a computer the minute you introduce abstractions is the minute you loose control.

An object represents a real world object. A class defines an object. A method (or function) is an implementation of how something is done. An object can have many methods.
As for not knowing how some results happen, who cares? That's a good thing! If you were creating an object of a person that drives a car, why do you need to know how the car works? As long as you have your interface (steering wheel etc...) you can drive the car. Who cares what type of engine is contained within the car?

awesome tutorial! Cheers

Thanks for this! Great job

Great vid, starting to understand some of this now lol...

Too bad I'm using BV and not Java :S

javac is the program that compiles, google might help you find where you can get it

I assumed that i didn't need any software because you're not in any kind of application yourself, but when I typed in "javac Robot"

it didn't know what javac was

You do need one thing. The Java Developers Kit which you can easily find by googling it. It will give your computer the library and ability to compile the java code and the command to compile java code (make it into an executable file) is "javac"

Thank you.