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

Object-oriented programming gives us modifiers, which control the visibility of members and methods. In some languages, like Java, we have modifiers such as private and public.

The Java programming language emerged roughly 25 years ago, when Smalltalk and C++ dominated. Back then it was easy to argue that the world didn't need another object-oriented programming language.

Id: 007982 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3 Description This course introduces students to object oriented programming with Java (TM). Basic concepts are introduced early, with a strong focus on classes.