Object-oriented programming : bringing perspective to the claims and counter-claims

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorScott, Elsjeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Lenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-30T13:50:35Z
dc.date.available2014-10-30T13:50:35Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 98-103).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study attempts to bring insight into the claims and counter-claims made about Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). A rich understanding of OOP enables us to maximize OOP's potential and uncover its limitations in practice. OOP rose from relative obscurity in the 1960s to the mainstream of software development. While adoption of OOP continues to grow steadily fervent criticism mounts against OOP from certain quarters. Detractors believe that OOP's early promise has not been fulfilled and resentment deepens against its all-encompassing embrace. Negative, self-serving rants needs to be separated from genuine causes for concern about software development. Equally, the software development community must guard against the blind adoption of technology in an industry driven by excessive market hype and vested interests. Given the decidedly human nature of the task of programming and the varying interpretations and perceptions that exist about programming styles, it is unlikely that scientific methods can conclusively prove the truth of arguments made for or against OOP. Therefore this interpretive study uses hermeneutics to understand and explain the claims and counterclaims made in the OOP discourse in order to forge a deeper understanding of OOP. The 'meanings' of OOP in the online discussions taking place in three developer communities encounters the literature on OOP through hermeneutic principles of understanding. Three different interpretations of OOP emerge from this encounter. Against these newly appropriated insights of the OOP phenomenon the prevailing OOP discourse is critically assessed through the hermeneutic lens. This study concludes that the current quest for atemporal categories and casual explanations of OOP is futile; we can only deeply understand OOP if we are willing to accommodate multiple interpretations of OOP in a hermeneutic understanding of the phenomenon of OOP.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNaidoo, L. (2009). <i>Object-oriented programming : bringing perspective to the claims and counter-claims</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8962en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNaidoo, Len. <i>"Object-oriented programming : bringing perspective to the claims and counter-claims."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8962en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNaidoo, L. 2009. Object-oriented programming : bringing perspective to the claims and counter-claims. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Naidoo, Len AB - This study attempts to bring insight into the claims and counter-claims made about Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). A rich understanding of OOP enables us to maximize OOP's potential and uncover its limitations in practice. OOP rose from relative obscurity in the 1960s to the mainstream of software development. While adoption of OOP continues to grow steadily fervent criticism mounts against OOP from certain quarters. Detractors believe that OOP's early promise has not been fulfilled and resentment deepens against its all-encompassing embrace. Negative, self-serving rants needs to be separated from genuine causes for concern about software development. Equally, the software development community must guard against the blind adoption of technology in an industry driven by excessive market hype and vested interests. Given the decidedly human nature of the task of programming and the varying interpretations and perceptions that exist about programming styles, it is unlikely that scientific methods can conclusively prove the truth of arguments made for or against OOP. Therefore this interpretive study uses hermeneutics to understand and explain the claims and counterclaims made in the OOP discourse in order to forge a deeper understanding of OOP. The 'meanings' of OOP in the online discussions taking place in three developer communities encounters the literature on OOP through hermeneutic principles of understanding. Three different interpretations of OOP emerge from this encounter. Against these newly appropriated insights of the OOP phenomenon the prevailing OOP discourse is critically assessed through the hermeneutic lens. This study concludes that the current quest for atemporal categories and casual explanations of OOP is futile; we can only deeply understand OOP if we are willing to accommodate multiple interpretations of OOP in a hermeneutic understanding of the phenomenon of OOP. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Object-oriented programming : bringing perspective to the claims and counter-claims TI - Object-oriented programming : bringing perspective to the claims and counter-claims UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8962 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8962
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNaidoo L. Object-oriented programming : bringing perspective to the claims and counter-claims. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8962en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Information Systemsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInformation Systemsen_ZA
dc.titleObject-oriented programming : bringing perspective to the claims and counter-claimsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
uct.type.filetypeText
uct.type.filetypeImage
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceThesisen_ZA
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
thesis_com_2009_naidoo_l (1).pdf
Size:
5.07 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
Collections
Masters