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C#

Posted by crystalblood oath
crystalblood oath
1,569 Points

Do you need object oriented programming (c#) to build apps like instagram or facebook

Is the object oriented programming course helpful for building apps.

thank you.

2 Answers

Alexander La Bianca
Alexander La Bianca
15,959 Points
Alexander La Bianca
Alexander La Bianca
15,959 Points

Yes. Especially with languages like C# and Java. Everything you write is an object. Now on the client side (User Interface) it is a bit differently since javascript is not an object oriented language. But the trends are moving more towards it with current Frameworks like Angular5.

Jeffrey James
Jeffrey James
2,636 Points
Jeffrey James
Jeffrey James
2,636 Points

Not necessarily. To build an application like instagram of Facebook, you'll need to know a web framework, such as Django (Instagram) or Ruby on Rails (lots of sites). While those Frameworks utilize OOP throughout much of the code bases and while views and models are often represented as classes, you don't need to really have any mastery of OOP other than how to use existing patterns the frameworks encourage.

Using a language like C#, especially if you're new to coding, will probably slow you down in building your application versus a dynamic language like python, ruby, php or even javascript.