Coding Vocabulary - List 1

coding

telling a computer what to do

developers

people who write code to build their own apps and games

command

a specific action for the computer to perform

sequence

the order in which the commands are given

bug

an error in your code

debugging

the process of identifying and fixing the error

function

a collection of commands grouped together and given a name. The set of commands can then be run with just the name of the function whenever the set is needed.

for loop

runs a block of code over and over for a set number of times

condition

something you test that results in true or false

conditional code

a block of code that will run only if something is true.

Boolean

a value that can only be either true or false

logical operator

a symbol or word like "and," "or," and "not" that connects two or more Booleans to make conditional decisions more specific

&&

AND

II

OR

!

NOT

call

Telling a program to run a function

composition

The process of combining small parts of a program to solve a larger problem

camelCase

A coding naming convention where the first letter of a variable or function name begins with a lowercase letter and each following word in the name begins with an uppercase letter without spacing between words