Programming Paradigms

Programming Paradigms Programming languages fall into different categories also known as paradigms.

There are many paradigms.

Some examples include:

Procedural Programming

Based on procedure calls
Also known as routines, methods or functions

Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

Organises programs based on:

Objects
Interaction between Objects

Event Driven Programming

The flow of the program is determined by events such as:

Sensor outputs
User actions such as as mouse click or key press
Message from other programs

There is an overlap between the paradigms.

A programming language may contain elements of different paradigms.

For example C++ can be:

Purely procedural
Purely object oriented
Or contain elements of both