Plan Instance Methods

00:00 The next step is to model three methods for each of these classes. Or I could also model three methods on a parent class and then just have all of the child classes use them. So I think that’s what I’m going to do.

00:12 I’m going to model three methods and then maybe some individual ones for the child classes. We’ll see. So what do I want my animals to be able to do? They should be able to .eat().

00:26 That’s helpful. And then maybe we give them some food as an input here. I’m not sure yet if I want them to decide what they eat.

00:37 What else? They should be able to .move() to a location

00:44 maybe, and then also to .talk() and say a sound. We’ve done that one often.

00:55 So maybe these three methods, they kind of make sense. I’m not entirely sure. I want to actually model food objects. I am going to do location objects for sure.

01:05 This one’s going to be interesting, the .move() method. That’s because it’s actually going to require me to also have locations where they can move to.

01:12 So I will probably keep this one until the end and first model the farm locations as well. But let’s start with .talk(), because we’ve done that one before and that’s also going to be different for each of the child classes.