# What is a class?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-class/236818>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 23, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-class/236818 "2007-08-23T20:06:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![REEF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@REEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REEF)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-a-class/236818/1 "2007-08-23T20:06:27Z")

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I’m not a programmer but I hear all this good stuff about classes and OOP, could someone explain to me the basics of classes, their advantages and how they can be used?

edit: if anyone has any tutorials on this for complete dumb programmers, it would be helpful. i looked up classes on google and i get paid ones :sleep:

Thanks.