Unit #9 Objectives: Programming: Languages

The objective of unit Programming: Languages is to learn to recognize and understand the 19 key unit vocabulary terms. This is accomplished by completing the readings and other activities.

Unit Vocabulary

Below is a list of key vocabulary terms in this unit. You can also Print out the vocabulary list.

a software framework by Microsoft which executes code via a virtual machine

The .NET Framework is Microsoft's premium solution for programming applications, and supports over 20 languages including C#, VB.NET, and IronRuby.

a low-level, compiled programming language developed in the early 1970s by Dennis Ritchie for use on the UNIX operating system

C is still a popular language 40 years after it was created due to its minimalism and extreme speed.

an "enhancement" to the C language providing object-oriented programming features

The choice for many programmers today is whether to learn C++ or Java; The best answer of course it to learn both.

a program that takes human readable code and turns it into machine readable code for running at a later time

The students liked programming PERL more than C because they didn't have to use a compiler before execution.

the official name and standard for the commonly known JavaScript language

The professor told us that officially JavaScript should be called ECMAScript, but that few people do so in practice.

concise, clean, and clear code which allows other developers to understand and extend it

The junior programmer, who used too many obscure variable names and 50-character long function names, did not have a reputation for writing elegant code

a program that reads a high-level programming language, converts it into machine code, and then immediately runs that code

Computer languages that require an interpreter often run slower than languages that require a compiler

a high-level, compiled, object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems.

The computer science professor predicted that as processor speed increased, Java development would eventually replace C++ in application development.

a popular web page scripting language created by Brendan Eich at Netscape to provide client-side interactivity in Web pages.

The web programmer used JavaScript to alert the user about invalid data entered in a required field.

a programming language that supports both procedural and object-oriented programming philosophies

PHP started out as a procedural language, but grew into a multi-paradigm language when it addd support for objects in version 4.

any programming language optimized for modeling real-world objects and concepts

Java is perhaps the most popular object-oriented language.

a high-level, interpreted programming language written by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995 and aimed mainly at web developers creating dynamic applications

The professor said that PHP is now the most popular web scripting language in the world and supports many advanced object-oriented programming concepts.

a measure of how easily programs can be moved to a new system without having to make any changes.

Java and ANSI C are two attempts at making software portability a priority.

a high-level, interpreted programming language written by Larry Wall in 1986 and typically used for a wide variety of programming tasks including system administration

Larry Wall is the inventor of PERL, a widely used programming language that has a very devout following.

any programming language that is based on a step-by-step approach to solving a problem.

C is the standard example of a procedural programming language.

a high-level, interpreted programming language developed by Guido van Rossum at CWI in the Netherlands

The motto of Python is "there should be one- and preferably only one- obvious way to do it."

an object-oriented, high-level, interpreted programming language developed in the 1990's by ace Japanese programmer Yukihiro Matsumoto.

The creator of Ruby wanted a scripting language that was is more elegant than Perl, and more object-oriented than Python.

rules governing the structure of a programming language

The basic concepts between many programming languages are similar even if they syntax can be quite different.

a Windows-only, multi-paradigm programming language developed by Microsoft and intended for beginners or casual use

The high school programming teacher taught his students Visual Basic in his Introduction to Programming class.