Re: OOP - a question about database access

Alain Javier Guarnieri del Gesu <nntp_at_ajgdg.com> might (or might not) have written this on (or about) Sun, 09 Nov 2003 19:08:06 GMT, :

>Wouldn't object oriented programmig work well to create a drawing
>application where you are modeling the location of geometric shapes?
>It seems that that sort of application, or a window toolkit makes
>for a good fit with objects. I'd be very interested in learning of
>an alternative model.

OO is a technique for managing source code dependencies. The kind of application is irrelevant. Database apps, embedded real-time apps, financial apps, web apps, gui apps, etc. all can benefit from good dependency management.

OO is about structuring source code, and keeping unwanted dependencies from accumulating.

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