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+aliases: object-oriented-programming, object-oriented-design
+created_by: MIT, Alan Kay
+display_name: Object-oriented programming (OOP)
+released: 1960
+short_description: Object-oriented programming is a programming paradigm based on the concept of objects fundamental to many programming languages.
+topic: oop
+wikipedia_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming
+related: procedural-programming, open-closed-principle, inheritance, polymorphism, orm, functional-programming, event-driven-programming
+---
+**Object-oriented programming** (**OOP**) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of objects fundamental to many programming languages, including [Java](https://github.com/topics/java) and [C++](https://github.com/topics/cpp). OOP can be devided in two sub types: class-based (or "classical") and prototype-based OOP (found in [JavaScript](https://github.com/topics/javascript), for example).
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+Object-oriented programming has several advantages over procedural programming:
+* OOP provides a clear structure for the programs
+* OOP helps to keep the code DRY "Don't Repeat Yourself", and makes the code easier to maintain, modify and debug
+* Logic can be abstracted, encapsulated, composed, inherited and decoupled