Criticism Of Object Oriented Programming

 
@logica, that is not true. It depends on your approach. Good Books like "Java  How To Program From Deitel Associates" apart from introducing Objects and classes briefly in chapter 3 did not go into the details until they get to Chapter 6 ,  and a lot of problems have been solved before then.

 You can't teach java without teaching OOP. that is no news  , nobody doubts that. The point is that u can actually be a little comfortable with it before u understand all the concepts in depth.

Try to read all my posts on OOP in this section.  I don't work on live projects without using the OOP paradigm not because it is a must, but because it is the easiest way for me to manage my project.

 Lets concentrate on the Subject matter for people who are learning from the posts. Thanks

I think I had some of my terminologies mixed up.  What I meant to say is that unlike languages like Java, Python does not force you to program using OOP constructs if you don't feel like using them.

My real problem is with programmers using unnecessary OOP constructs for problems that would be best solved with a procedural or functional approach.  I just want you to know that there's life outside OOP!

@Seun is quite right about that - for instance javascript is NOT object oriented - but makes use of objects - and u can create classes as well.
Class creation in javascript is not compulsory to use classes, but some languages like c, java will tell you that any program you write
even if it is a beginners program must start by declaring your class - whether you now create other classes after that one is now your own business.

But me i love creating classes in javascript and php - they sure lessen my work. For instance, ever since i started using ajax, i created a base class that performs all the routine ajax stuffs i need, and the class comes with even handlers and stuffs, so anytime i am writing a new ajax script, i just inherit directly from the base class - that way any new solution i create based on ajax - i will not start writing onreadystatechange=,
i can just declare that:

And that is it - instead of having to start writing all those long ajax codes,  generally classes can aid your work and make you obtain faster results
But then, procedural vs oop: the important thing is to get your results as fast as possible - getting the job done that is.

I understand there is more to programming than using OOP constructs - just that if classes are used - and you are able to tap into their features like polymorphism, inheritance, reusability, it will make your work easier - and you will get results faster.
Plus if u find a bug later in future in the class - just sort it out in the present project - then reupdate the class in previous projects - that way you can keep your codes better organized - i use classes mainly because of that - anytime i find a new function somewhere online - i just integrate them with my base classes - that way it is saved for a rainy day.

Been ages since I've been on NL.  Nice one with the informed discussion.  Dont have anything to add. 

Another common class i also use in php - now this one is a big one - it is a mailer class.
It can send alot of emails at once - i only use them on enterprise sites whenever the admin needs to
send notification to clients.

<?php
include_once "blah-blah-blah.class.php";
$mailer=new SendMail();
$mailer->send("wale@32.com","bc","cc","subject","message");
?>

The question is why not just use the mail function - well - this will convert the mail to the correct mine
format [and encodes it exactly the way yahoo encodes emails] - so that it can send properly formatted
html messages and can add unlimited number of attachments to it.
And if the to field contains more than 1 email address, then it will send the message to each person individually
and not just dump all of them into one long to field.

I did not want to discuss this here - as some may relate it to spamming [and God help anyone that tries to contact me for a mailer]
but hese are tools used by webmasters and of course there are lots of free mailers online - just type your search into google.

I was just trying to explain how classes can solve a lot of problems and make you code more efficiently.

So, if you work with objects like this, it makes your overral efficiency better, you can easily focus on more pressing issues
than to start debugging one small code here and there - debugging ajax, debugging php, my mail is not being sent,

Well, i am sorry, i dont give mailers out,  just go to phpclasses.org - i am sure you will find a better one - afterall i am just an amateur!