Welcome back! In the previous lessons, we explored how to define classes, add attributes, and create methods in C#. We’ve also seen how these methods bring our classes to life by making our objects perform actions. In this lesson, we’ll take it one step further by learning about constructors, which are special methods used to initialize objects. This is an important part of Object-Oriented Programming because it allows you to create objects in a more structured and reliable way.

In this lesson, we'll focus on constructors: what they are, how to define them, and why they are essential. A constructor is a special method that is called when an object is instantiated. It sets initial values for the object's attributes, preparing the object to be used in your program.

Here’s an example to give you a sneak peek:

In this example, the Spaceship class has a constructor method that takes one parameter, shipName, to initialize the name attribute. This makes it easy to create a spaceship object with a specific name.

A constructor is defined just like a method, but with no return type and the same name as the class. Constructors often have access modifiers like to make them accessible when objects of the class are created from outside the class. They can take parameters to initialize the attributes of the object.