What's the best way to define the words “class” and “object” to someone who hasn't used them?

Question

My neighbor is taking \"Intro to Java\", and asked me to help explain a few of the first-day concepts. I realized that since I do this everyday, I don\'t have the beginner\

Answer 1

I would highly recommend telling him/her to buy a copy of a book called The Object-Oriented Thought Process by Matt Weisfeld. It's a really good conceptual introduction to OO. I've lent out my copy to a few people who were just getting into OO and they really liked it.