AP Comp Sci: 1-6

Code.org lessons 1-6 summary

Method

Method

a named set of instructions to perform a task

String Literal

a sequence of characters enclosed in quotation marks (“ ”)

Parameter

defines the type of value to receive when a method or constructor is called

Argument

the specific value provided when a method or constructor is called

dot operator

used to call a method in a class

constructor

a block of code that has the same name as the class and tells the computer how to create a new object

behavior

an action that an object can perform

class

a programmer- defined blueprint from which objects are created

object

an instance of a class

instantiate

to call the constructor to create an object

object-oriented programming

an approach to creating and using models of physical or imagined objects

class header

consists of the ‘class’ keyword and the name of the class

source code

a collection of programming commands

syntax

the rules for how a programmer must write code for a computer to understand

comment

a text note to explain or annotate the code