Chapter 3. Encapsulation of Data
In this chapter, we will start organizing data in blueprints that generate objects. We will protect and hide data in each of the three covered programming languages: Python, JavaScript, and C#. We will:
- Understand the different members of a class
- Learn the difference between mutability and immutability
- Customize methods and fields to protect them against undesired access
- Work with access modifiers, naming conventions, and properties
- Customize getter and setter methods
- Create properties with getters and setters in Python, C#, and JavaScript
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 ...
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