Class

How it is used

You define, extend, instantiate and test classes. Objects are 'instances' of a class, and functions inside a class are called 'methods'. Reviewers may say 'This class has too many responsibilities.'

Example sentences

1. I moved the email logic into its own class.

2. Each payment provider has a class that implements the same interface.

Common collocations

• define a class
• base class
• class method
• create an instance of a class
• extend a class

Related terms

• functionA named block of code that does one job. It can take input values, and it often returns a result to the code that called it.
• variableA name in a program that stores a value, such as a number, text or list, so that the code can use or change that value later.
• design patternA proven, reusable solution to a common design problem in code, such as Singleton, Factory or Observer, described as a general approach rather than finished code.
• refactorTo improve the structure of existing code, making it cleaner or easier to change, without changing what it does for the user.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• class · Web Development

More terms: Programming Concepts

• codebase
• library
• call
• loop
• parameter
• IDE
• compile
• string
• boolean
• object
• method
• argument