App Creators Vocabulary 1.1-1.3

A type of software application designed to run on a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet computer.

• mobile application
• event driven programming
• user initated event
• incremental approach

The writing of compound words (like variable names, procedure names, and file names) by starting each word with a capital letter.

• incremental approach
• camel case
• user initated event
• mobile application

An ordered set of instructions that are used to carry out a task.

• mobile application
• runtime
• algorithm
• abstraction

An approach to programming where the programmer adds and tests code in small chunks at a time to make sure it behaves the way they want it to, before adding more code.

• abstraction
• User Interface
• user initated event
• incremental approach

A representative consumer for whom a hardware or software product is designed.

• end user
• User Interface
• user initated event
• incremental approach

The visual part of a computer app or operating system, through which an end user interacts with the computing device or software.

• end user
• User Interface
• user initated event
• incremental approach

The layer of an app that the user sees and interacts with.

• controlled layer
• runtime
• view layer
• event

The layer of an app that contains the program that tells the app how to behave.

• view layer
• event
• runtime
• controlled layer

An action or occurrence that happens during runtime that will trigger a response or behavior by the software.

• event
• view layer
• runtime
• controlled layer

when a program is opened (or executed) and ends when the program is closed.

• event
• runtime
• view layer
• controlled layer