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Lucas Morales
986 PointsI have no idea what is going on — this was really confusing and demotivating :(
I was following along great up to a couple videos ago. This one in special made me completely confused
2 Answers
Jon Barnett
2,004 PointsHi Lucas, the thing you mention, the naming the example of the new class SuperEnemy, yeah I can see how that might be confusing. So, a walkthrough- The new class is called SuperEnemy (note the capitalisation) The example instance that the instructor creates, he give the name superEnemy. (again note the capitalisation) The two names are similar, but not the same, in fact totally different names, because the different capitalisation is enough to make them totally different. SuperEnemy is the class. superEnemy is the instance of the class.
So the instructor could have created an instance of the class called nastyEnemyThing rather than superEnemy, and maybe it would have been less confusing. But I am sure that he has his reasons.
Lucas Morales
986 PointsBuilding this on top of so much other code just made things more difficult to understand. Naming subclass, superclass where the name is also Super Enemy made things even more difficult ... I have no idea what's going on and am reading articles to understand what I couldn't with the video
kolade adekoya
Courses Plus Student 1,153 Pointsthe whole concept just became super confusing. Complex and unmotivating for me as well :(
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,075 PointsDane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,075 PointsWhat exactly is confusing you? The concept of overriding methods/properties from a super class. The concept of super classes themselves? What exactly is giving you trouble and demotivating you?