2 - Javascript

program

a list of statements

variable

• a memory location that holds a value

• the name is separable from the value

syntax

must begin with a letter, then any sequence of letters, numerals, the underscore symbol (_), or dollar sign ($)

convention

• be descriptive

• first letter is lowercase

• camelCase for more than 1 word

strings

used for storing text

expressions

built of variables and arithmetic operators

similar to algebraic formulas

loop

sequence of instructions within our program that allows us to execute the code multiple times or iterations

control specification

• three operations in the parentheses of the for loop control the number of times the loop iterates

• separated by semi-colons

array

collection of like data elements