December 21, 2024
What is an Object?
It must be emphasised that M206 was not a programming course, although it employed a considerable amount of programming using the Smalltalk language. M206 taught a range of concepts which underpin Object-oriented computing, also referred to as either Object technology, the Object paradigm, or OOP. I think it is important to concentrate on these key concepts, since initially they are sometimes difficult to understand.
Adopting this paradigm, we can view a computer system as comprising of
software components called objects.
An object is a piece of software that has a unique identity, possesses
memory and has a capacity to carry out some particular task in response
to receiving a specified message.
A "rountangle" is used to schematically represent an object. You will be asked to produce diagrams for your TMAs, using Word. You can download instructions for using Word's Drawing tools here.
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