What exactly is “interface based programming”?

Question

I often hear/read about interfaced based programming but I am not exactly clear on what that really means. Is interfaced based programming an actual stand alone topic that

Answer 1

If you google for interfaces, you will find plenty of information about how useful interfaces may be.

The concept is to define clear interfaces, which will be used by the various components/parts/classes/modules to communicate and interact. Once you have defined what should be the input/output of these interfaces, you can let the various teams to develop whatever is needed to fulfill the interface requirements, including the input/output testing, ... etc

If you follow this pattern, various teams can start developing their part without waiting for the other parts to be ready. In addition to that you can use Unit testing (using fake objects to simulate the other parts which you are not developing, and test your part).

This method is quite the standard for any new programming project and everybody will take this for granted.