Java Lab
A person who designs, develops, and tests software for home, school, and business use.
Software engineer
a characteristic of an object
attribute
a block of code that has the same name as the class and tells the computer how to create a new object
constructor
the specific value provided when a method or constructor is called
argument
consists of the class keyword and the name of the class
class header
an action that an object can perform
behavior
to call the constructor to create an object
instantiate
defines the type of value to receive when a method or constructor is called
parameter
a collection of programming commands
source code
a programmer-defined blueprint from which objects are created
class
used to call a method in a class
dot operator
a sequence of characters enclosed in quotation marks ( " " )
string literal
the rules for how a programmer must write code for a computer to understand
Syntax
an instance of a class
object
a named set of instructions to perform a task
method
determines whether or not to execute a block of code
condition
a mistake in the code that does not follow a programming language's syntax
Syntax error
an approach to creating and using models of physical or imagined objects
object-oriented programming
a finite set of instructions that accomplish a task
algorithm
a control structure that repeatedly executes a block of code
iteration statement