Unit 1 - Object-Oriented Programming Part 1 Fall 2023

software engineer

a person who designs, develops, and tests software for home, school, and business use

class header

consists of the class keyword and the name of the class

software

a collection of instructions that is run by a computer

source code

a collection of programming commands

syntax

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

syntax error

a mistake in the code that does not follow a programming language's syntax

attribute

a characteristic of an object

behavior

an action that an object can perform

bug

an error in the code

class

a programmer-defined blueprint from which objects are created

constructor

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

debugging

finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program

instantiate

to call the constructor to create an object

object

an instance of a class

object oriented programming

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

argument

a value passed to a method or constructor when the method or constructor is called

dot operator

used to call a method in a class

method

a named set of instructions to perform a task

parameter

a variable in the method or constructor signature that defines the type of value to receive when the method or constructor is called

boolean

a primitive data type that can be either true or false

condition

determines whether or not to execute a block of code

comment

a text note to explain or annotate the code and is ignored when the program is run

string literal

a sequence of characters enclosed in quotation marks

algorithm

a finite set of instructions that accomplish a task

iteration statement

a control structure that repeatedly executes a block of code