What are minimum requirement for a novice to learn OOP?

Question

What are minimum requirement for a novice to learn OOP?

Answer 1

Interest in the subject and access to some source of information on OOP?

I suspect access to some kind of programming environment to experiment with will help in most cases.

Answer 2

• A working brain
• The capability for abstract, formal thought
• Some sort of development environment that supports OO
• A source of information on OO, such as a textbook or (better) a teacher

Answer 3

No,nothing required except a passion to learn and program.This applies not even for programming , any thing you want to do.

Answer 4

The hardest thing to learn in OOP is knowing how to learn a new Concept.

Answer 5

Effort, desire and thought.

Dan

Answer 6

I think that it takes some months/years for the ideas to really sink in, I'm still learning.

Answer 7

The source of information is the most important thing. What you don't want is someone explaining OOP in a way the novice can't make sense of. That will cause confusion and may result in the novice never grasping the concept at all.

Answer 8

Depends on where you start from. The most important requirement (imho) is the ability to recognize (repeating) patterns and the ability to see a bigger picture above the 5 lines around the code you are currently writing.

Answer 9

Don't forget that OOP isn't a silver bullet, and some problems are best solved another way. This will allow you to learn OOP in a healthy, critical way.