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C# Survival Guide - Classes

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Intermediate

+60 XP

2 Hours40 Mins

(148)

Overview

Summary

In this project, you will learn about object-oriented programming. You will break functionality into modular classes, which in turn are broken into modular methods. 

Project Objective

By the end of this project, you will:
Understand what constructors do
Serialize custom classes
Understand why custom classes are used and when to use them
Learn about inheriting methods and data members from parent classes
Use protected data members with inheritance
Understand and use virtual methods and override parent class methods
Understand when to inherit from MonoBehaviours
Understand and use structs; understand how they are different from classes
Understand the difference between passing by value and passing by reference