Understanding the different members of a class
So far, we have been working with simple classes and used them to generate instances in Python and C#. We also defined the functions of a constructor to generate objects based on prototypes in JavaScript. Now, it's time to dive deeper to understand the different members of a class.
The following list enumerates all the possible element types that you can include in a class definition. We already worked with many of these elements:
- Constructor
- Destructor
- Class fields or class attributes
- Class methods
- Nested classes
- Instance fields or instance attributes
- Properties with getters and/or setters
- Events
You already learned how constructors and destructors work in Python and C#. We also worked with constructor functions in JavaScript. So far, we have been using instance fields, also known as instance attributes, to encapsulate data in our instances. We can access these fields or attributes without any kind of restriction as variables within an instance...
