Programming Concepts Vocab

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lowerCamelCase

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A naming convention where the first letter is lower case, and each subsequent start of a word is upper case.

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World

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A "world" or "Karel World" is a grid that Karel lives in.

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Curly Bracket

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An open curly bracket is { and a close curly bracket is }.

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Parentheses

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( and )

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Break Down (Decompose)

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Breaking down your code is splitting it into more functions.

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Read Like a Story

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Programs that read like a story have good decomposition and make the code easy to follow.

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Top Down Design

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A method for breaking our program down into smaller parts.

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Algorithm

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A set of steps or rules to follow to solve a particular problem.

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Precondition

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Assumptions we make about what must be true before the function is called.

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Loop

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A loop is a way to repeat code in your program.