Estudo comparativo entre os paradigmas procedimental e orientado a objetos visando a transição por profissionais do paradigma procedimental

Abstract

In the software development industry, the need for programmers who know the object-oriented paradigm is rising. For beginners, learning this paradigm is facilitated by the constant updating of university courses or even high school courses, who are listening tho these changes. However, this task may become troublesome for developers who are experienced in the procedural paradigm, due to the many vices and visions this individual brings along. This paper begins with the visions in the field of natural sciences with regard to languages and other forms of human communication, since these concepts are similar to the object-oriented paradigm (and dissimilar from the procedural paradigm). Subsequently, the procedural and object-oriented paradigms are introduced, listing possible difficulties and mistakes on the transition, along with opinions of experts about this issue. Finally, some highly popular techniques for learning objectorientation are presented, which may ease this transition, are presented