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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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Polymorphism Without Side Effects – Object-Oriented Clarity

February 27, 2021 • A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented

We discussed in the previous episode how polymorphic behavior gives us a form of a common language for objects. Thus we need to consider the idea of polymorphism without side effects, so…

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Polymorphism Overview – Reducing code size and a better user experience

February 25, 2021 • A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented

We start the next series of episodes with a polymorphism overview. This is a core concept for proper object-oriented design. Likewise, we will dig into several practical ways to use this. Polymorphism…

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