Chapter 1. Programming with objects: A primer

Before we get into the actual style guide, this chapter covers some of the fundamental aspects of programming with objects. We’ll briefly go over some important concepts and establish a shared terminology that we can build on in the following chapters.

We’ll be covering the following topics in this chapter:

1.1. Classes and objects

1.2. State

1.3. Behavior

1.4. Dependencies

1.5. Inheritance

1.6. Polymorphism

1.7. Composition

1.8. Class organization

1.9. Return statements and exceptions

1.10. Unit testing

1.11. Dynamic arrays

Summary