Programming Paradigms

Question 1

Encapsulation

Answer 1

Hiding the internal implementation details of a class (ie: private vs public functions/data).

Question 2

What are the four major principles of Object Orientated Programming? (OOP)

Answer 2

Abstraction
Polymorphism
Inheritance
Encapsulation

Question 3

Abstraction

Answer 3

A concept or idea which is not associated with any particular instance. We don’t need to know anything about implementation, only the intent via class/Interface.

Question 4

Inheritance

Answer 4

Expresses a is-a and/or has-a relationship between two objects.

Question 5

Polymorphism

Answer 5

Has many forms.

Question 6

Object Orientated Programming OOP

Answer 6

Avoiding shared mutable state through encapsulating state and isolating other objects from local state changes.