What is Programming

Question 1

What are some examples of instructions you can put into your code?

Answer 1

1)Checksum
2)Add
3) go and get
4)set variable
really anything

Question 2

What are statements? And give an example.

Answer 2

They are simple sentences in programming.
Example: balance = 500;
Example: alert(“Hello, World”);

Question 3

What is Machine Code? and which low level languages are closest to Assembly Code?

Answer 3

1) Machine Code is the binary 1s and 0s that the CPU takes and executes.
2) C (lowest), C++, C#, Java, PHP….

Question 4

What are are the differences between Low and High level code?

Answer 4

Low level code is pretty close to machine code, but is slow to write.

High level code must be compiled/interpreted so its faster to write but is slower to run.

Question 5

What is Programming?

Answer 5

Being able to take an idea, break it into parts and then write those parts in to specific instructions. This is your source code.

Question 6

What are the 3 things we need to know before starting to write code?

Answer 6

1) How to write the code (How do you start writing it?)

2) How it will be covered

Question 7

What are the 3 types of languages? (in terms of compiling) and what are their Pros and Cons?

Answer 7

1) Compiled.
Pros: You Compile the source code for a platform and its ready to run. Its ready to run. Source code is private
Cons: Extra step in compiling. not cross platform.
2) Interpreted
Pros: Cross platform. easy to test.
Cons: Must interpret each time you run (slower) . Source Code is public.
3) Intermediate.
You partial compile, and the rest is interpreted on the market machine.