Unit 9.1 - Textual Programming

What is Small Basic?

• Instructions on a computer to complete a program

• A programming language used to create programs on a computer

A program is ...

• A type of computer hardware.
• A set of instructions for a computer.
• A collection of data files.
• A programming language.

What would the screen display when you run this code?

TextWindow.Writeline("Hello Everyone")

• Hello
  Everyone

• "Hello" "Everyone"

• "Hello Everyone"

• Hello Everyone

What would the screen display when you run this code?

TextWindow.Writeline("This is some text"

• This is some text
• "This is some text"

• Error - Missing a bracket

• TextWindow.Writeline("This is some text")

Fill in the missing part of the code

(a)   .Writeline( "Hello World" )

Which line of code would change the background colour to green

• TextWindow.Background = "Green"

• TextWindow.BackgroundColor = Green

• TextWindow.BackgroundColor(Green)

• TextWindow.BackgroundColor = "Green"

Select all types of errors found programming from the choices below

• Typing error

• Syntax error

• Pattern error

• Logic error

What would the following code output?

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What is a Variable?

• How we get computers to make calculations

• A temporary storage location for data

• Some text with quotation marks

• A window to type code

Select two rules to follow when creating a Variable?

• Always start a variable name with a number

• Always start a variable name with a letter

• Give your variables meaningful names

• Use spaces in your variable names