AP CSP Unit 3 - App Design

A programming data type used to represent text. Strings are surrounded by quotation marks, for example, "Hello world"

• numeric

• character

• string

• boolean

An action that triggers an event handler to execute its code. For example, user input like a mouse click

• event

• block

• setProperty

• console.log

A function that prints data to the console. Helpful to use for debugging

• console.print()

• console.write()

• console.log()

• setProperty()

Programmers use these to document how their code works and to debug

• elements

• data

• strings

• comments

Any component of the user interface including: buttons, images, text, etc.

• application

• UI

• element

• property

Finding and fixing problems in a program

• debugging

• decoding

• commenting

• executing

A program designed to run blocks of code or functions in response to specified events (e.g. a mouse click or a keyboard key press). Lines of code aren't necessarily run in order

• event-driven program

• sequential program

• block program

• functional program

a program that runs in order, from beginning to end

• event-driven program

• sequential program

• block program

• functional program

a detailed description of a program's set of requirements, including how the program will work and how users will interact with it

• design specification

• input

• output

• user interface

The computer's response to input, like playing a sound, displaying an image, or moving to the next screen.

• input

• output

• user interface

• usability testing