# Your views on classes?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/your-views-on-classes/254385>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 11, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/your-views-on-classes/254385 "2008-03-11T15:15:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![TCAtect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TCAtect](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TCAtect)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/your-views-on-classes/254385/1 "2008-03-11T15:15:19Z")

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Hey guys, just reading some tuts on Kirupa, and since I’m just getting into OOP right now, I would like some of your opinions on classes. Why use them? What differentiates them and Objects?

Reading the ADT tut by Kirupa, I can see some “merit” in using them, however, being the newbie programmer I always am, I can simply define a “function” on the main timeline for the node and edge classes. What’s the difference between this (function) and that (ADT)? Anyway, I’m sure that I’ll raise some :tired:s and :pa:s. But I simply want to get some of your opinions on the use of classes, the pros, the cons, etc.

Thank you,  
TCAtect.