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iOS Protocols in Swift Protocol Basics Creating a Protocol

Mart Gaedtgens
Mart Gaedtgens
2,251 Points
Posted by Mart Gaedtgens
Mart Gaedtgens
2,251 Points

What is the point of a protocol?

I still don't understand why you can't just make a 'var = fullName' in the struct itself, instead of making a protocol and letting the struct adopt that protocol. What is the point? To me it just seems like this requires more code to be written.

anna saraswati
anna saraswati
Courses Plus Student 30 Points

i also have that question when learning about protocol oriented programming, i got the answer why we implement POP instead of OOP after watching this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBr8onqP_fM

Mart Gaedtgens
Mart Gaedtgens
2,251 Points
Mart Gaedtgens
Mart Gaedtgens
2,251 Points

Thanks, i get it now ! :)

Gavin Hobbs
Gavin Hobbs
5,205 Points
Gavin Hobbs
Gavin Hobbs
5,205 Points

Thanks anna saraswati ! That video was perfect!