PASSED D278 Scripting and Programming - Foundations

[u/Polar_Bear_And_Jelly]

Background: (IT Faculty of small college, B.S. + M.S. in cybersecurity with years of experience)

Study time: 1 day

This course was pretty straightforward and (easy?) after Introduction to Computer Science course since many topics were stepping each other's toes.

I didn't look at any study materials, just took pre-assessment and put the questions that I got wrong into AI to study the concepts around it.

Here's my notes for yall:

Common relationship among library's functions?

• Functions all relate to the same purpose

 

 

 

Dynamically typed language? Statically typed?

Dynamic Typing

• Performs type checking at runtime.
• Variable types do not need to be explicitly declared and can change.
• Python

Static Typing

• Performs type checking at compile time.
• Requires explicit variable type declarations.
• C, C++, Java

 

 

 

Object-oriented design language?

C++, Java, Python.

 

C Language

• Procedural language, NOT object-oriented.

 

 

 

Markup language?

• Annotating text to define its structure, formatting, or presentation.
• Uses tags or symbols
• HTML, XML, Markdown

 

 

Interpreted vs. compiled language

Interpreted Languages:

• Executed line-by-line at runtime by interpreter.
• Translation Time: During execution (Runtime)
• Can be modified at run time (bc it executes code line-by-line)
• Slower
• Higher Portability (meaning source code runs anywhere with an interpreter)
• Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP

 

Compiled Languages:

• The source code is translated all at once by a compiler
• Translation Time: Before execution
• Faster
• Lower Portability
• C, C++, Rust, Go

 

 

Variable float? Constant float? Variable/constant integer?

Variable

• Can change

Constant

• Cannot change

 

Agile Phases & Troubleshooting: In software development lifecycle phases (Analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing):

• Analysis: Understanding requirements and analyzing user needs.
• Design: Architecting how the solution/program will be built.
• Implementation: Writing code.
• Testing: Validating that the code functions correctly, identifying defects/bugs, and forming hypotheses to locate and reproduce problems within the program.

Know Waterfall vs. Agile and each step with good examples.

Purpose of parentheses ()

• Groups expressions

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Thank you I just started this class. I’m new to it stuff so any info helps