Data Types
Integer values, e.g. 5, -3
What is int?
Software that is created for free use by everyone
Open Source
An instruction that causes the Python interpreter to display a value on the screen
What is a Print statement?
By default, the program executes statements one after another in the order they appear. For example, not calling a function before creating the function.
What is Sequential Execution?
What we work with in python, it's a name we assign a value to, that starts properly.
What are variables(identifiers) that start with letters or underscore?
Made up of letters, numbers, special characters, or a combination of each, they are surrounded by quotation marks (either single or double)
What is Strings(str)?
Provides the standards, syntax, statements, and instructions for writing computer software.
Programming Language
>>>is a symbol that begins the program, meaning 'ready to receive' your instructions.
What is a Python prompt?
Reserved words that have a special meaning in Python and cannot be used as variables. example: if, while, for, class, print
What are Keywords?
The two types of notes that can be added to the program that will not execute or show when the program runs.
What is #comment and """comment"""?
Ordered, mutable(changeable) collections, e.g. [1, 2, 3]
What is a list?
A computer program created to read an entire program and convert it into a lower-level language for our computers to execute
Compiler
A way of using the Python interpreter by typing commands and expressions at the prompt.
What is Interactive Mode?
Writing out in natural language what you want your code to do?
What is Pseudocode?
1. parentheses 2. exponents 3. division and multiplication 4. addition and subtraction
PEDMAS
What is Order of operations?
Floating-point numbers or decimal numbers, e.g. 3.14, -.001
What is float?
Designing a program by discovering objects, their properties, and their relationships
Object-Oriented Programming
Allows us to store python script source code in a file with the .py extension and then use the interpreter to execute the contents of the source file
What is Script Mode?
A drawing of what your code should look like (example a box to enter in a name and a submit button)
What is a Prototype?
The variables that you pass into a function or method to provide that input it needs to perform its task. (placeholders)
What are Parameters?
Having only two possible values - "true" and "false.
What are Booleans?
What are the 3 parts of an assignment statement
variable name, data type, and its value
Takes our program one statement at a time and executes a set of machine instructions.
What is an Interpreter?
The structure, rules, and correct format for writing a programming language
What is Syntax?
Meaning of statement, what happens when the statement is executed
What is Semantics?