C# Object Oriented Programming( Classes & Objects)
Intro to object-oriented programming in c# (classes and objects)
Mpho Kekana
Classes & Objects
An object is something material that you can touch or feel (Car, Laptop, Cell Phone...etc). When a car is being manufactured, engineers don't come up with a new design for every single car they built. instead, they use a single design to build thousands of cars. In OOP we create a class(design) to build many objects(cars). A class is a template for building objects.
Let's take a closer look.
First, let's create a vehicle class by using a class keyword
class Vehicle {
string Name = "BMW";
string Model = "M8";
string BodyType = "Coupe";
string Colour = "Black";
}
Now to call the vehicle class and create a new instance of it as an object, we use the new keyword and the name of the class with brackets to show that this is an object
class Vehicle {
string Model = "M8";
string BodyType = "Coupe";
string Colour = "Black";
}
Vehicle Car = new Vehicle();
Console.WriteLine($"Vehicle 1 name:{Car.name} Model:{Car.Model} BodyType: {Car.BodyType} Colour:{Car.Colour}")
Output
Vehicle 1 name: BMW Model: M8 BodyType: Coupe Colour :Black
Let's create a second car and make it white
class Vehicle {
string Model = "M8";
string BodyType = "Coupe";
string Colour = "Black";
}
Vehicle Car = new Vehicle();
Console.WriteLine($"Vehicle 1 name:{Car.name} Model:{Car.Model} BodyType: {Car.BodyType} Colour:{Car.Colour}");
Vehicle Car2 = new Vehicle();
Car2.Colour = "White";
Console.WriteLine($"Vehicle 2 name:{Car2.name} Model:{Car2.Model} BodyType: {Car2.BodyType} Colour:{Car2.Colour}");
Output
Vehicle 1 name: BMW Model: M8 BodyType: Coupe Colour :Black
Vehicle 2 name: BMW Model: M8 BodyType: Coupe Colour :White
Conclusion
The reason why we use classes and objects is so that we don't repeat unnecessary code. it's a way to extract out the codes that are common for the application, place them in a single place, and reuse them instead of repeating them.
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