What is a Class vs What is an Object in Programming?

[@Stevethesearcher]

This was very well explained. Thank you for posting this. You could not have been any more clearer. A lot of people involved in computer programming are terrible at explaining things to beginners. They could make making a cup of tea sound complicated!

[@IAmDevtube]

Glad it helped you!

[@Stratus41298]

Seriously though. You hit the nail on the head. It's like being back in high school math class: "1+1 = 2", "but, why?", "BECAUSE IT DOES. MOVING ON."

[@itamar_da_god5651]

Boi that's what you learned in high school math class? jk lol

[@dilsandhutalks]

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[@shawndeprey]

This is one of the more difficult concepts to teach to new programmers. This is a fantastic explanation. Well done.

[@cristianjuarez1086]

is it appropiate terminology if i say "an object is an instance of a class"?

[@jont7331]

I dont know what it is about these videos, maybe it's the crappy drawings, or the way he explains stuff, but I feel like i've learned more in the past 3 hours than I have in the past year trying to learn programming. Thanks! Honestly man, you should monetize these videos. I'd be happy to watch a video and put some money in your pocket. Don't up the production quality at all, keep the videos coming just like this, because I tell you what, IT WORKS!

[@SubterraneanChick]

Mind. Blown. Wow. This was so perfect. I am a visual learner with a low-level imaginative though process. While the drawings were pretty terrible, I was able to create my own mental variants in realtime based on listening comprehension. I've looked up so many articles and forum posts, yet felt I could not grasp the basic concept. I found them too wordy & the out-of-tune voice of the author over-complicated a simple, definituve concept. Your analogy was perfect: brief, evenand concise. Thank you. Adding this to my playlist.

[@IAmDevtube]

best comment I've ever received! Yeah, I need to improve my drawing but I had the same issues as you when I started - why were basic explanations so hard to follow?

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

Wow, thanks. Took my Intro to Programming professor 45 minutes to explain what an object and a class is, and I walked out of the lecture more confused than when I walked in. You took 4 minutes and explained it better. Why do teachers insist on making things complicated?

[@IAmDevtube]

tell me about it! I guess they've got to fill up the time?

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

I Am Dev I don't even think it's that. This professor has been in the computer world ever since COBOL was a thing. In my opinion these Concepts just comes so naturally to him and are so engrained that he can't articulate them to people that don't already know them. He reminds me of a Spanish tutor I had in college, he was a native Latin American from El Salvador. He was a terrible tutor because he couldn't tell me why certain things in Spanish went together the way they did because it was just natural to him and he couldn't articulate why.

[@rwewrwew625]

You explain things using concepts people already understand, e.g., blueprints and objects therefrom. Good job. It would be easier to explain tax law in terms of bicycles, which sounds crazy, but people already understand bicycles, so they have a concept they understand that can be used as a basis to understand an unknown concept.

[@IAmDevtube]

Weirdly I really like reading tax law!

[@christophersparacino]

dude.... I've been trying to understand this since summer of 2022 in my class of Python, i never understood this at all and only passed the class because the final was open book, thank you!!! it took a little elbow grease on my part and extra time to get it!

[@IAmDevtube]

It's staggers me how people can do a whole CS degree and yet have nothing explained to them simply!

[@xstranglerdoofus3724]

Really man awesome explanation....I have watched many coding videos but the way you explained it is something i will never forget my whole life. Hats off

[@timbradshaw5481]

Amazing and I love the humour. Thank you

[@righteousdivine]

I appreciate the simplicity of the explanation! KUDOS!!!

[@nonameneeded405]

Thank you. The blueprint analogy was very helpful.

[@vasantnilkund2095]

Brilliant explanation. So well explained. Literally struggled with this for years and have grasped it like never before.

[@puppergump4117]

I work with C so my understanding is that a class is just a struct that can use struct-specific functions? And an object is just an instance of that struct? So basically, would this: typedef struct{ int a, b, c;}num; void add(num* numbers) {numbers->c = numbers->a + numbers->b}; num numbers; numbers.a = 1; numbers.b = 2; add(numbers); Be the same as this? class num{ int a, b, c; function add(num){ num.c = num.a + num.b; } } num number; number.a = 1; number.b = 2; Just making sure I got this right.

[@hafsabatool8895]

I was just thinking about this question and just watched a bunch of videos in this concept but it remained vague to me but this video just cleared this concept . Thanks a Lot!

[@cc_silverheart]

Immensely helpful! I wish it was easier to find clear and concise stuff like this, rather than just tutorials that fly way over my level of understanding 😅

[@grazianocooper2061]

OOP is not a filing system, and though explained better than many, I didn't see the benefit over defined fields in a random access file. The way to learn OPP is to see how it saves you hours of programming time to accomplish data processing goals. A side by side with the old way vs the new would be helpful.

[@AmnaTahir-h4h]

SO GOOD OMG!!! I was reading and re-reading my textbook... until I found this. Thank you!

[@IAmDevtube]

Glad it helped!

[@subeg]

So, class is a fill-up form and objects are the details filled by multiple individuals.

[@manishsoni7689]

hey man.. you are highly under rated.. a big thumbs up from me

[@shantanumanapure8171]

So can we say that...Instance of class is the copy of class containing the state of Attributes or variables...???

[@Myself6M]

Good explanation! I think the word you are looking for is analogous!

[@tonykt]

definitely wouldn't want to go to war with one of your warships but the explanation was great! Thanks!

[@willh69]

Thanks for making this video it helped me understand the distinction!!

[@Xo1ot1]

The explanation you get when googling this on the wiki is ridiculous. This made it very clear and I don't find it to be confusing at all...

[@frankie4378]

Would you define a GET request as an object? I'm just thinking since the server sill goes through a process where information about the client is taken.

[@PauJuanes]

So... in your analogy, that "fire" action by the end, would it be a method? (thanks for the video, well explained :)

[@IAmDevtube]

yes, because it 'does something' as opposed to holding some data

[@ZootyTooter]

This video defines the relationship between objects and classes and doesn't actually define them

[@reyjeep]

When you add more code in the class does it update every object related?

[@dampish8403]

so a class is bascially a storage for methods meant to be executed later?

[@Pfungwa74]

Thank you so much for that crystal clear explanation. You are a life saver!

[@phye5063]

Thanks man, now it makes sense

[@krissicarsonart]

The word you were looking for is analogous. Also, this video is great! Made perfect sense to me as a beginning programmer.

[@SteveRayDarrell]

So a class is just a new type, and an object is a variable of that type?

[@abdullahbasit869]

Like the concept of teaching, a little bit of fun aspect is required in order to get attention of your students , well done sir.👍

[@akinseindeakindele3451]

Thanks alot. It greatly helped. Very great explanation.

[@olaoluwaodeyemi4059]

Thanks so much, simple and easily understandable

[@olli5542]

Thank you so much for this!

[@GoldenToothBrush]

So in the example given with the employee data would it be correct to call the names and email addresses objects? And in the example with the ship that can fire a cannon would that be done with a function inside of the class? Thanks in advance.

[@ustazsamba17]

thanks for helping me to understand. it helps a lot

[@aznmaster3k]

Really easy to understand. Thanks!

[@ercm2393]

Thank you for this explanation!!!! Sooo clear andto the point!!

[@Fabricio700_0]

thanks!

[@manasgoyal9899]

very well and easy explaination very greattttt!!!!!!!

[@biokult7828]

Would it be a good to use a 3d printer as an analogy to say.... Give the 3d printer a blueprint (a class, in other words) and it will make an object (a 3d printout) of that blueprint/class ?

[@biokult7828]

These types of videos are essential btw, at least for those few of us who actually like to understand exactly what is happening at each stage. I'm often given links to documentation, containing "explanations" like the following: Which seems to be gobbledygook.. "Any object can be tested for truth value, for use in an if or while condition or as operand of the Boolean operations below." I looked up all necessary definitions within programing terminology, for words new to me and then i, firstly, added them in to the statement (in parenthesis) below. Any object can be tested for truth value (i.e.. Is it true or false)... . For use in an if or while condition (to use the true or false test on an object, within a while condition)(condition meaning, is it true or false) or as operand (operand is an object to be manipulated) of the Boolean (Boolean being a true or false value) operations below. I then wrote that out in "logical" terms, to get the following sentence..... Any object can be tested for a true or false value, to test for a true or false value of an object within an if true or if false loop test (or a while true or while false loop test) or as an object of the true or false value operations below.... Which is gobbledygook.... Would it not be better to just say something like the following? Any object can be either true or false. Further to this, any object can essentially be overridden to be true or false when it is acted upon by an "if" or "while" loop, or a Boolean command. Examples of this in practice are given below..... Or.. Any object can be tested for truth value, to determine its state (kinda like on or off) when it is within an if statement or while loop (see if true, while false examples below). Boolean commands can also be used to put an object in to a state of either true or false (see examples below).... I really don't get this open to interpretation, illogical/unclear way of documenting things...

[@IAmDevtube]

+bio kult yep that's a good analogy too

[@CalmedByNature]

Thank you that was helpful!

[@DeShoujo]

omg i got it now thank you very much

[@nothanniballecktor9633]

The class contains variables to be filled by object data? The Name and Email address would be variables to be later defined, right?

[@IAmDevtube]

The class is always a blueprint - it doesn't contain anything until you "create an object from it". Then you can have anything you like, including variables!

[@YusufSherakhmatov]

Thanks bro 🤝

[@ndehstanley1572]

Thank you very much. Very informative and simple to understand.

[@jackbennett6164]

Very well explained! Really easy for me to get what exactly is going on. Loved the drawings ;)

[@zeeshanadil5886]

Brother you have explained it the best way ❤

[@redmatrix]

Question: Could one add code to a class after using that class to create an object? Or, could some code somewhere, modify a class in a way that all previous objects created, were created w/o that modification, and either: a) they exists as relics, or b) they get updated?

[@IAmDevtube]

I think that's a bad way to do things - why not just modify the class before you release code? Or use inheritance?

[@clever_developer]

thanks, best ever tutorial

[@devinersoy]

Very nice explanation. Thanks man!

[@devansh_m]

thankyou sooooo much i was very confused

[@GodbornNoven]

the reason its confusing is because every one sucks at explaining it. Basically, classes contain instructions on how to do something, so objects are anything that uses the instructions present within classes.

[@IAmDevtube]

Not totally true. You have to include an explanation of objects created from the blueprint of classes

[@danielw9542]

If you had an object made from a class and then edited the class (say adding a surname part to the employee data example) then do the current object inherit this edit or does it depend on the language you are using?

[@IAmDevtube]

No, because the class you made would have already been compiled. Ie, changes you make can’t be reflected in an existing and already running program.

[@danielw9542]

@@IAmDevtube ok. Thanks

[@sherlockholmes68]

You've earned a subscription.. GOOD JOB

[@IAmDevtube]

thanks Grover!

[@oleiversen8736]

I very much disagree with the other comments. This got me nowhere from where I was previously. Your complete lack of actual coding examples bewilders me. I just started learning how to code and what you just spent 4 and a half minutes talking about and attempting to draw is explained in every textbook out there on something like 4 lines. It would be very good if you could make actual code that uses this. The language wouldn't really matter, but for us to see HOW it is used.

[@6StringrBrewer]

I kept thinking you were saying 'washer' and couldn't figure out what th hell you were drawing. Maybe you had funky washers in England. Good tutorial.

[@IAmDevtube]

Haha! Thanks!

[@JoshZenpai]

Every time I would hear someone say objects i was always so confusing I think I understand what an object is now. It is so confussing because wtf is an object is could be anything I think an object is a bad naming to be honest.

[@IAmDevtube]

I can’t think of a better word for it though. Once you know though, it’s pretty obvious!

[@Muruga7552]

sir please explain the class and object ?? in like a paragraph sir pleasee................. give paragraph definition for a class and object sir please

[@rakeshgitm]

Thank you very much sir 🙂

[@InterviewDOT]

Nice presentation :)

[@sandeepvk]

what about ennums ?

[@108ahah]

i like this way of teaching.

[@djsorbie]

Perfect video, thanks

[@ananicholemolijon7106]

thank you!❤️

[@megastreethitz1210]

BIG THANK YOU!!

[@passportbro904]

The "class" is like the parent having kids "the object " and giving them traits of the parent? 👀 lol I dunno im learning, oh and the class can have as many kids "objects "as she likes, they'll all inherit the same traits as her, and even there own traits.

[@dowdyster1]

Excellent! Thank you

[@user-lb9ew4hr4z]

its *analogous* ; nice video!

[@MAJ741]

Thanks bro

[@brendansullivan4872]

Clear as day

[@cristianmateus5223]

Love you c:

[@adityarohanik0]

Thank you!

[@mohamedmire8646]

Hays to you off sir. I lastly got it after so many vedios. Thanks endeed. You should all Subscribe to this channel.

[@pritamsarkar3924]

Very nice

[@GautamJr]

👌 class

[@durrhurr55]

So objects are values ?

[@straight-up-shots]

No

[@quantummassless]

Not "analogical." You mean't "analogous."

[@thegreatestpotato6460]

I feel patronized...how dare you human!

[@honey5854]

Yah thanks oh my God

[@coquibunny8797]

👍👏🤟

[@ms_1918]

1 like for the WARSHIP

[@redmatrix]

Dude, you could slow down. This isn't a lesson on a napkin at Starbucks, where people only have 15 seconds per drawing. Go ahead and take an extra 20% of time and draw it better, we won't mind, promise.

[@softwaredevelopment6564]

If someone is taking the time out to explain something to you and free as well, you should be thankful rather than being sarcastic and an a*s

[@IAmDevtube]

Problem is I cant draw...I can code a drawing though!

[@IAmDevtube]

Thanks software development!

[@dazza0987]

i really don't understand why you need good drawings to understand the instruction, its just a visual aid. i found this very helpful thanks!