Exam 98-361: Software Development Fundamentals/Understanding Object-Oriented Programming

This lesson covers Understanding Object-Oriented Programming. It looks at classes, inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation.

Activity 1 - Understand the Fundamentals of Classes

This objective may include but is not limited to: properties, methods, events, and constructors; how to create a class; how to use classes in code.

1. Read Classes and Structs.
2. Read Classes.
3. Read Properties.

Activity 2 - Understand Inheritance

This objective may include but is not limited to: inheriting the functionality of a base class into a derived class.

1. Read Inheritance.
2. Read Abstract and Sealed Classes and Class Members.

Activity 3 - Understand Polymorphism

This objective may include but is not limited to: extending the functionality in a class after inheriting from a base class; overriding methods in the derived class.

1. Read Polymorphism.
2. Read Knowing When to Use Override and New Keywords.

Activity 4 - Understand Encapsulation

This objective may include but is not limited to: creating classes that hide their implementation details while still allowing access to the required functionality through the interface; access modifiers.

1. Read Access Modifiers.

References

• Exam 98-361 Software Development Fundamentals Student Study Guide
• Microsoft: Software Development Fundamentals Exam Details