Unit 4 Getting started with objects part 1

Question 1

What are objects and classes

Answer 1

-Object is a thing
-Class is a concept or a type that things belong to
-Things/objects belong to the same concepts/classes when they share similar properties and behavior
-Class is like a blueprint that defines how something looks and behaves. Describes what attributes and what methods

Question 2

What are properties and behaviors

Answer 2

-Properties are data that describes the object
-Behavior means for us to interact with the object. Processing or calculations that apply on the properties of the object in the form of methods

Question 3

What are attributes or fields

Answer 3

An object has two capabilities, where an object can store data and an object can perform operations
-Attributes or fields is the data stored in an object

Question 4

What are methods

Answer 4

-the operations that an object can perform

Question 5

What is an instance

Answer 5

-An actual object created from a class, a real example of that blueprint
-Each instance of the string class contains different data
-The instances all share the same design
-Each instance has all the attributes and methods that were defined in the string class
-classes are defined to represent a single concept or service