# Abstraction design: Introduction

DevFeed: [Abstraction design: Introduction](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/abstraction-design-introduction-39268.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://kt.academy/article/ek-abstraction>)

Published: 2024-02-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Kt. Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kt-academy.md>)

Topics: [abstraction](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/abstraction.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Object-oriented programming (OOP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oop.md>), [interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interfaces.md>), [Functional programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/functional-programming.md>)

Tags: [abstraction](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/abstraction.md>), [concepts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concepts.md>), [core](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/core.md>), [function](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function.md>), [interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interfaces.md>), [object-oriented](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/object-oriented.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [workshop-learning-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workshop-learning-programming.md>)

## AI overview

This introduction explains abstraction as a form of simplification that hides complexity by deciding what to expose and what to conceal. It discusses abstractions in object-oriented and functional programming, including interfaces, classes, functions, and higher-level operations, with examples involving Java and Kotlin.

## Source excerpt

What is abstraction in programming and why is it so important.