Understanding Object-Oriented Programming

Object-Oriented Programming is basically this way of coding where you create a small box - parent class and child classes which all contain small box and more. This implies that child classes posses everything that is contained inside of the smaller boxes, but may contain more. So child classes inherit all of the properties from the parent class but may have their individual properties separate from the parent class. The purpose of OOP is to make our life easier by not creating multiple objects but rather child classes with shared properties and unique ones.

The main principles which we've talked about:

• Inheritance: Allowing a class to inherit properties from the parent class
• Polymorphism: Being able to override the parent class's functions
• Abstraction:Hiding complex details behind a simple interface
• Encapsulation: Hiding complex details, and letting access them only when the developers intend to

Mini Interaction:

Below is a small demo showing OOP in action. Each animal is a child object created from a parent class. Click the buttons to make them behave differently