What is object-oriented programming?

- Python supports Object Oriented Programming, … also known as OOP, … which is a useful approach to programming. … Now there's a lot to OOP, … but for the purposes of this course, … I'll give you just a quick introduction, … and there are a lot of resources out there … for you to build on what you learn in this video … and dive deeper. … In OOP objects are collections of both data … and the methods that operate on that data. … Every object has a type and the type … defines the kinds of things that programs can do … with objects of that type. … Usually, each object definition corresponds … to some object or concept in the real world. … And the functions that operate on the object … correspond to the ways real world objects interact. … In Python, builtin objects include lists, tuples, … and the methods associated with those datatypes. … Programmers can define new objects. … Objects are categorized to stay organized. … They're categorized into something called classes. … Every object is an instance of a class. …