Back to Basics: Object-Oriented Programming

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Argues that runtime polymorphism in C++ still matters for “millions” of legacy users and gives concrete rules: model public inheritance as an is-a relationship, make non-leaf classes abstract (pure virtuals) to avoid slicing, use the non-virtual interface so base pre/post work is enforced, always declare destructors virtual or deleting via base is undefined, mark overrides with override, avoid mixing overloading and overriding, don’t call virtuals in constructors/destructors, prefer dynamic_cast for downcasts but refactor to eliminate casts. Example: console/file/SMS logger shows surprising compile-time defaults and ctor dispatch.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 2:46Agenda
3. 3:38Definition
4. 3:53Alternatives
5. 4:41ObjectOriented Programming
6. 5:13Logging
7. 6:35Base Class
8. 7:17Client Code
9. 9:14Loggers
10. 9:57Subtype
11. 10:44Surprise
12. 10:59Why is this important
13. 11:54Herb and Andre
14. 12:32Virtual Dispatch
15. 12:49Design Best Practices
16. 13:26Public Inheritance Models
17. 13:52Derived Classes
18. 14:46Logging and Display
19. 15:54Nonleaf Classes
20. 18:35Scotts Solution
21. 19:14Scots Guideline
22. 23:28Nonvirtual interface idiom
23. 23:53Nonvirtual logger
24. 24:40Pre and post
25. 25:44Each interface can take its natural shape
26. 27:28Public virtual has two responsibilities
27. 27:42Public virtual has one responsibility
28. 27:52Nonvirtual interface
29. 28:37Best practice
30. 28:48Build things
31. 29:31Test
32. 31:10Create a file logger
33. 32:02Make base class instructors virtual
34. 32:34Virtual keyword
35. 32:49Log message
36. 33:04Override
37. 33:56Scopes
38. 34:59Drive classes
39. 35:35Function overloading
40. 37:38Dont mix overloading and overriding
41. 37:55Avoid hiding inherited names
42. 39:35Should Derived classes have a default
43. 39:59DIY violation
44. 40:32Overloading
45. 43:41Virtual Functions
46. 44:12SMS Logger API
47. 45:39Upcast
48. 46:20Downcast
49. 46:34Static Cast
50. 47:41Dynamic Cast
51. 50:41Minimize Cast
52. 51:53Questions

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