Quiz 2- editors compilers etc.

Question 1

IDE

Answer 1

Integrated Development Environment

Question 2

Describe an IDE

Answer 2

It is a collection of software development tools, it helps programmers develop a software code
-EX: XCODE

Question 3

What is the language computers ‘speak’

Answer 3

-MACHINE LANGUAGE
-Often made up of binary digits, computers can UNDERSTAND and RESPOND to it directly

Question 4

What two big tools do IDES consist of?

Answer 4

An editor and a compiler

Question 5

What is a Program?

Answer 5

a program is a set of instructions written for a computer, it is the software code made by programers

Question 6

Editor

Answer 6

A plain text file (often pre-installed on IDEs) that a user can edit however they want, BUT IT IS NOT A CODE (???)

Question 7

Compiler

Answer 7

A compiler translates the words that programers write (source code) into machine language of BINARY

Question 8

What is source code?

Answer 8

Source code is the text written by computer programmers that is then translated into machine language by a compiler.

Question 9

what is source code often refered to as?

Answer 9

“The fundamental component of computer programs”

It tells the computer what to do once translated.

Question 10

What are file extensions (in terms of computing)?

Answer 10

They are a suffix added to a files name (like .c++) that helps the computer to understand what the file is

-I am pretty sure that when you add a file extension to an editor it then becomes a code(?????)

Question 11

What are the 3 file extensions we will use?

Answer 11

.cp, .cpp, . c++
NOT: .c

Question 12

What is a project?

Answer 12

What we set up really slowly and took a ton of notes on in class
-FRAGILE copy of the IDE’s software tools that are adapted to the platform(hardware) we are using

Question 13

If you click the x in the top left cornor of your X-CODE, what happens?

Answer 13

Nothing, just click on the app again and your work is saved

Question 14

Steps to setting up a project in X-CODE

Answer 14

1. open x-code
2. in very upper left of comp next to “X-CODE” click “file” – a menu will come down and click “new” – a new menu will come out and click “project”
   3.ASKS questions
   4.click “CREATE” after customizing your file
3. click on “C+ main” in left collum of box- will either say “hello world” or not

Question 15

what is the significance of hello world

Answer 15

If you have correctly and successfully set up a project, that will be the code that comes up.

Question 16

When setting up a code, what do you need to tell x-code?

Answer 16

that you are setting up a file, otherwise x-code won’t run