OOP vs POP

#pop #protocolorientedprogramming #oop #objectorientedprogramming

Overview

The main difference between OOP & POP is inheritance.

POP focuses on what an object can do, while OOP focuses on what an object is (Rebeloper).

Value Type: struct, enum

Reference Type: Class

Object-Oriented Programming

Properties

• Inheritance from one SuperClass.

• It focuses on what an object is (Rebeloper).

Protocol-Oriented Programming

Properties

• Inheritance from other Protocols and even from multiple Protocols.

• Allows smaller and specıfıc protocols.

• It focuses on what an object can do (Rebeloper).

• They have suffixes like "-able"

Advantages

• Code clarity

• Reusability

• Separation of classes

Protocol Extensions

Things to consider

• Too granular protocols will be hard to manage.

Protocol vs Class vs Struct

Structs are unique copies. They copy the data over and over again

Sources

Videos

Articles / Documents

• Medium / Kasun Madhumal