Ruby OOP: Objects over Classes
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The document discusses the principles of object-oriented programming (OOP) in Ruby, emphasizing the importance of objects over classes. It explains the concepts of objects and classes, their behaviors, and how they interact, while also highlighting the benefits of using classes such as inheritance and improved code maintainability. Ultimately, it argues that while classes are helpful, the focus should remain on objects as they are the primary constituents of Ruby programming.
Ruby OOP: Objects over Classes
- 1. Ruby OOP: Objects over ClassesAman Kingking@thoughtworks.comRubyConf India 2010
- 2. What is OOP?
- 3. What is a class?
- 4. What is an object?
- 5. But before the serious stuff …
- 6. Detouring through a comic book universe …Image copyrighted by respective ownersSource: http://www.comics.org/
- 8. What is an object?
- 9. Something that takes birth …
- 10. exhibits some behavior …
- 11. interacts with other objects …
- 12. and finally dies off or is simply forgotten …
- 13. all in an effort to solve a problem.
- 14. What is a class?
- 15. A container for related behavior …
- 16. that a new object can start off with.
- 17. A class itself is an object …
- 18. used to create other objects.
- 19. When creating a new object, a class calls the object’s private initialize method.
- 20. Typically a class is named …
- 21. referenced via a global constant variable.
- 22. A class object can have singleton methods added to it.
- 23. These singleton methods can be invoked wherever the class object is accessible …
- 25. Why use classes?
- 27. An object remembers the class used to create it …
- 28. explicit type checking using kind_of? …
- 29. implicit type checking using case syntax …
- 30. implicit type checking using rescue syntax.
- 31. A class can build on other classes: inheritance.
- 32. A class can share state across multiple objects: @@class_variables.
- 34. A named container of behavior can have more behavior added to it.
- 35. Any added behavior becomes part of all objects created by that class.
- 36. A class can represent a common pattern of initialization.
- 37. Classes improve readability and maintainability.
- 38. What a class is not?
- 39. The fundamental building block of an application.
- 40. A strong data type.
- 41. An enforcement of contract or limitations on how objects can behave.
- 44. No static method-lookup tables: chain of ancestors.
- 46. Private access modifier is object-level.
- 47. Duck typing.
- 48. Finding hints in the real world …
- 49. Objects over classes: Consequences
- 50. Classes and hierarchies no longer limit you.
- 51. Think through the usage ofclass-level methods and variables: globals?
- 52. Understanding meta-programming is easier.
- 53. Effective and confident use of meta-programming.
- 54. Final words
- 55. Objects are first-class citizens.
- 56. Classes are useful but secondary.