Understanding methods

- [Instructor] Methods are the next building block…I want to talk about when it comes to programming.…So, what are methods?…If variables are the nouns of programming,…methods are the verbs or the actions.…In fact, in Swift development,…methods are often called actions as well as methods,…or selectors.…There are several different names that are synonymous.…So, methods, actions, selectors.…And what methods are…are named blocks of code that are logically grouped.…

Think of something like tying your shoes.…We have a named action called tying your shoes,…and it's actually a sequence of actions…where we grab shoe laces…and twist them around in a certain way,…tie them in a knot, and tighten that knot.…So, instead of saying each of those commands one by one…when we're referring to tying our shoes,…we just say, I'm going to tie my shoes,…and we understand that there is a process to that.…Coding works in the same way.…And, just like in language,…methods can reduce verbosity and redundancy in your code.…

And like any real world action,…