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Re: "How do you arrive at classes?"

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On 01/13/2015 11:57 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>
>    I tried to answer the question »How do you arrive at
>    classes?« in the classroom, kind-a stuttering, because
>    I was not prepared for this question. Now, I am curious:
>    How would /you/ answer this question?

Become intimate with your problem domain.
Read, write, and run lots and lots of code.
Become familiar with as many general programming concepts as possible.

>
>    (An answer like »high cohesion, low coupling« might still
>    be too abstract.

No, way too focused.

>    Can you find a reasonable answer that a
>    beginner can understand? They know non-static fields and
>    non-static methods [both use and declaration], variables,
>    common statements and expressions, instance creation
>    expression, references, reference variable and parameters.

>    So a good answer would be »hands-on« and build directly on
>    these terms.

I'm certain an answer based on those terms will incomprehensible.


>    What of the OOA/OOD rules can be most easily
>    comprehended by a beginner?)
>
Most necessarily comprehended by a beginner,
distinguish between analysis and design.

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Re: "How do you arrive at classes?" Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-14 06:56 -0500
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