Honors Programming 1 (2026-2027)

rule

required items for a program to compile/run

convention

items not required to compile, but generally accepted programming practices

naming convention

consistent, structured plan for naming things

camel case

the naming convention where the first letter of each additional word is capitalized with no spaces between words (Ex: camelCase)

upper camel case

the naming convention where the first letter of each word is capitalized with no spaces between words (Ex: CamelCase)

editor

used to write and manipulate source code

compiler

transforms source code written in a programming language into another computer language

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

software application that provides comprehensive development tools to programmers

object

code that represents real and imaginary things in a program

class

a java file and the blueprint/template for creating objects (describes the states and behaviors)

method

behaviors (actions) of an object

field

stores the states/attributes of an object

public

used in the declaration of a class, method, or field that can be accessed by the members of any class

void

method modifier that returns nothing

argument

input by users or other methods

arithmetic operators

used in mathematical expressions in the same way that they are used in algebra ( +, -, *, /, %, ++, -- )

relational operators

return true or false ( >,

numeric literal

a sequence characters made of digits and up to one decimal point that may be preceded by a plus or minus sign

string literal

a sequence of characters enclosed in quotation marks

string concatenation

the operation of joining character strings end-to-end

comment

explanation or annotation in the source code of a program ignored by the computer

escape sequence

a combination of characters starting with a backslash () and placed within quotes with meaning beyond the literal characters

modulus

remainder of the division of one number by another

modulo

arithmetic operator (%) that returns the remainder of integer division