Coding Languages
Considered the easiest coding language to learn and is widely known.
What is Python?
This development tool was developed by MIT and is great for people to learn the basics of coding through drag-and-drop
What is Scratch?
What is a string?
A string is a data type used to represent text
They are often written using quotation marks
ex: String clubName = "STEM Club";
Coding is used to create these tools
ex: ChatGPT, Gemini
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
What does STEM stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
This language is often paired with CSS to make websites
What is HTML?
What's the difference between block-based coding & text-based coding?
Block-based coding has premade functions on the side that are draggable into the IDE
Text-based coding has to be manually typed out
A term used to represent coding errors typically within systems.
What is a bug?
How can coding be used to help with data analysis?
It can help with processing and organizing large sets of data to help businesses make smart choices.
Who is the advisor for STEM Club?
Mr. Ferguson
Name 3 coding languages.
Including but not limited to:
C++, C#, Python, Java, JavaScript, Lua, HTML, etc.
This is one of the most important symbols in many coding languages EXCEPT Python, and not having it will often throw errors. It's usually found at the end of a line of code.
What is a semicolon (;)?
Coding term used to refer to 8 bits of information
What is a byte?
What is the name of the profession that finds security weaknesses with the permission of the owner?
White hat hacker (ethical hacker)
What did STEM Club do for STEAM Expo?
This language was created by Apple and is used for almost all iOS apps
What is Swift?
What is the universal character used for multiplication in programming?
* (asterisk)
ex: 5 * 2 = 10
This is the formal name for apps that you use to write code, such as VSCode & code.org (for school)
What are IDEs (Integrated Development Environments)?
Coding is used to create protective software, such as Cloudflare.
What is cybersecurity?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What's STEM Club's Instagram handle?
@dphs_stem
Follow us there!!!
Often considered the lowest-level programming language and is really hard to work with
What is Machine Language (binary)?
How do you write the integer 3 in binary?
11 or 0011
What is camelcase?
Camelcase is the system in which we name variables
ex:
var apples; var ticketPrice; var mySchoolSchedule;
Coding is also applied to this type of work/profession that aims to build games, web applications, and network control systems.
Software engineer/computer programmer
Who is the four-time winner of the STEM Club Paper Airplane Competition?
Kyvlin Mostriansky