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Author: Rob Broadhead

Rob is a founder of, and frequent contributor to, Develpreneur. This includes the Building Better Developers podcast. He is also a lifetime learner as a developer, designer, and manager of software solutions. Rob is the founder of RB Consulting and has managed to author a book about his family experiences and a few about becoming a better developer. In his free time, he stays busy raising five children (although they have grown into adults). When he has a chance to breathe, he is on the ice playing hockey to relax or working on his ballroom dance skills.

Is A and Has A Concepts in Object-Oriented Design

March 12, 2021 • A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented

The ideas of “is a” and “has a” are often discussed as part of object-oriented design. These concepts may seem simple and obvious. However, they can often be confused, and complex systems…

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Granular Interfaces – How Much OO Is Practical?

March 12, 2021 • A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented

The ideas of cohesion and coupling point us to paths that either place functionality in smaller or larger classes. We discuss granular interfaces in this episode as an introduction to those “right-sizing”…

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Inheritance – Polymorphism In A Hierarchical Manner

March 12, 2021 • A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented

We switch gears in this episode and start to look at inheritance. This is a core feature of object-oriented design and the most recognizable attribute. Child classes are utilized through polymorphic support. …

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Interfaces – An Object-Oriented Contract For Usage

March 6, 2021 • A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented

This episode, we look at interfaces. These are not supported by all languages. However, when they are supported, they are very useful. The interface specification allows us to provide language-based constraints for…

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Flexibility in OOP – Build in hooks for change

March 4, 2021 • A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented

One of the essential concepts to understand is flexibility in OOP. A good design requires the ability to extend it. There are ways to do this. However, they require us to incorporate…

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Code Consistency – Critical For Practical Polymorphism

March 4, 2021 • A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented

One of the challenges of good polymorphic design is code consistency. We are building a way to communicate with developers. Therefore, our language or syntax needs to be easy to understand. Likewise,…

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