What's the purpose of OOP?

[LadyCelastia (LadyCelestia)]

I’ve learned the basics of metatables and OOP (Object-Orientated Programming) recently. I don’t know how OOP and metatables can be used to help to make scripting easier. I’ve looked up tutorial videos on Youtube and Roblox Developer Wiki. They didn’t tell me where metatables and OOP are useful at. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Alexander_Ashford (Alex)]

I think this article might help:

All about Object Oriented Programming

ALL ABOUT OOP! Prerequisites An understanding of meta-tables (although the required code will be explained) How tables work and a competent grasp of the Lua syntax Parts What is OOP? How does it help me? How do I make this work in Lua? Integrating with module scripts What about inheritance? What is OOP? OOP stands for Object Orientated Programming and is a way of laying out code in a more friendly way whilst also keeping large projects organised. You have used objects in pro…

Should cover everything you are confused about.

[LadyCelastia (LadyCelestia)]

Thank you! It helped me to clear a lot of confusion!