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Fareez Ahmed
12,728 PointsFactories vs Object Oriented JS
Are the two similar/related at all? For some reason after watching this video I'm thinking they might be.
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Dan Johnson
40,533 PointsAs Jeffrey mentions, The Factory design pattern is for dealing with object creation. It allows for additional logic to be performed when instantiating an object, such as class type or initial state.
Object Oriented Programming is a paradigm, dealing with the overall programmatic structure.
OOP deals with modelling through objects, and the Factory pattern is a way to create those objects.
Factory Method: http://sourcemaking.com/design_patterns/factory_method Abstract Factory: http://sourcemaking.com/design_patterns/abstract_factory
OOP Principles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOLID_%28object-oriented_design%29
Jeffrey Lego
9,458 PointsJeffrey Lego
9,458 PointsIn object oriented programming, a factory is an object for creating other objects. Factory is a design pattern, and oop is a programming language model. Take data, process data, output data. I would say yes and no. I would say factory is a design pattern used with object oriented programming? I could be wrong though, someone with more experience may have a better answer.