- A recipe and set of precise instructions that tells a computer what to do.
- Complexity and keeping a program under control is a major problem in programming. It can’t always be fixed by adhering to ‘best practices’ because the field is always evolving. New problems in complexity often require new approaches and new solutions.
- A programming language allows humans to write a recipe and instructions that a computer can understand.
- Java and JavaScript almost have nothing in common except for their names. It was simply a marketing ploy by the JavaScript creators to piggyback off of the success of Java.
- JavaScript and Ecmascript can be used interchangeably. They are the same language.
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- What is a program?
A. Specific directions computers follow to perform tasks - What can you say about complexity in programming?
A. The less complex a program is, the more elegant it is considered to be. Complexity can slow down a computer by adding unnecessary steps. - What function do programming languages have?
A. Typically languages are designed around a desired function - What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
A. No relation, JavaScript was chosen as a name to siphon off the success of the Java language. - What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
A. ECMA is a JavaScript standard meant to ensure the interoperability of web pages across different web browsers.
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What is a program?
A program can be many things, but thinking of it broadly, it is a building of thought. It makes a computer do what it is suppose to do and perform certain actions. -
What can you say about complexity in programming?
Programming is hard and tends to be build on complex rules that also have their own rules and complexity. There is a lot of additional connections. Keeping programs under control is the challenge. -
What function do programming languages have?
Programming languages is an artificial language used to instruct computers. It’s how humans talk to computers. -
What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
Java was a different programming language that hopped on the javascript hype train when it was released. A standard was put out know as ECMAScript which distinguished Java and Javascript. -
What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
ECMAScript is a standard document that describes the way that Javascript works for softwares.
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What is a program?
- Programming is the act of constructing a program. It is also a set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do.
What can you say about complexity in programming?
- Programming is hard and it is up to you to make necessary efforts to understand programming.
What function do programming languages have?
- Programming languages allows us to give specific instructions to computers for them to execute.
What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
- They almost have no relationship to each other.
What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
- ECMAScript is JavaScript
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A program is a set of instructions telling a computer what do.
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The fundamental rules are simple and clear but when building on top of these rules thing become complex.
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Make is easier for us humans to program a computer
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Java is an OOP Programming language whereas Javascript is an OOP scripting language
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ECMAScript and Javascript can be interchangeable, they are two names for the same language
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What is a program?
A program is a collection of text that instructs computers to act a certain way. -
What can you say about complexity in programming?
The complexity comes from the wide range of possibilities and the learning curve of being able to communicate through JavaScript. -
What function do programming languages have?
Programming language are the bridge between man and computer. It is what we use to direct computers how to act. Programming languages are the building blocks for creating useful tools that we can task computers to run. -
What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
Java and JavaScript have no relation other than they share the word “java”; they are two different programming languages. -
What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
JavaScript became the ECMAScript Standard and are now interchangeable since JavaScript is the standard set by the Ecma International Organization.
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- A program is code that gives instructions to the computer
- Complexity should be avoided, it has to be clear and understandable for every user/computer
- To communicate in a fast and efficient way and that the code is readable for everyone. This has to be a set of rules, what makes it possible to communicate
- Nothing, this 2 are diffrerent languages
- Its the same language. 2 names for the same programming language
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- its a type of instructions to make a computer do the things you want it to.
- it varies, most inventors of programming languages strives to make them as simple as possible.
- makes it possible for humans to interact and give instructions to a machine.
- only the name.
- its the standard when writing JS, so that every browser will be able to read it.
thank you and goodbye
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A program is a set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do, it is many things. It is a piece of text typed by a programmer, it is the directing force that makes a computer do what it does, it is data in the computer’s memory, yet it controls the actions performed on this same memory. A program is a building of thought. Its costless to build, it is weightless, and it grows easily.
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Programming is hard. The fundamental rules are simple and clear, but programs built on top of these rules tend to become complex enough to introduce their own rules and complexity. You’re building your own maze, in a way, and you might just get lost in it. Without care, a programs size and complexity will grow out of control, even confusing the person who created it. Keeping programs under control is the main problem of programing. The art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity.
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A good programming language helps the programmer by allowing them to talk about the actions that the computer has to perform on a higher level. It helps omit details, provides convenient building blocks (such as while and cosole.log), allows you to define your own building blocks (such as sum and range), and makes those blocks easy to compose. Part of the power of programming languages is that they can take care of uninteresting details for us.
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JavaScript has almost nothing to do with the programming language called Java. The similar name was inspired by marketing considerations rather than good judgement. When JavaScript was being introduced, the Java language was being heavily marketed and was gaining popularity. Someone thought is was a good idea to ride along on this success and now we are stuck with the name. After its adoption outside of Netscape, a standard document was written to describe the way the JavaScript language should work so that the various pieces of software that claimed to support JavaScript were actually talking about the same language.
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The ECMA script standard, after the ECMA International organization that did standardization. In practice, the terms ECMAScript and JavaScript can be used interchangeably – they are two names for the same language.
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- is the act of constructing a program—a set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do.
- Needs to be managed and is up to the programmer to define that.
- It tells the computer what to do.
- No relationship.
- It is a standard for javascript. It is also a standard for other languages to.
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A program is a series of commands or instructions given to a computer to order it to perform a certain task.
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The rules and instructions themselves are simple, but once you start combining more and more commands on top of each, the program can start to get complex in a way that even the creator might get lost when backtracking the code.
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programming languages help ease the gap between computer language and human language, making writing programs a lot more convenient.
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Javascript was named after Java due to its popularity at the time. They do not actually have anything in common when it comes to programming.
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ECMAScript was another name given to Javascript to ensure everyone was talking about the same language.
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Welcome to the discussion about the reading assignment about programming.
Leave your answers to the questions below in this thread. If you have any questions or you want to discuss something connected to the assignment feel free to do it in this thread as well, but please everything to the topic.
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What is a program?
*an instruction or logic that computers follow -
What can you say about complexity in programming?
*It is overwhelming -
What function do programming languages have?
*To write a computer program which enables a machine to perform a task base on the instruction given -
What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
*not related, probably named similarly for marketing purposes only. -
What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
*ECMAScript is a general-purpose programming language, can be use interchangeably with javascript.
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What is a program?
A program is a precise instructions for the computer, it tells him what to do. -
What can you say about complexity in programming?
A computer is complex and programs build on top of it can be even more complex. -
What function do programming languages have?
They make it easier for as to communicate with the computer. -
What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
Java has almost nothing to do with JavaScript, it was was just used for marketing purposes. -
What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
A document what describe the way the JavaScript language should work, that is called ECMAScript standard.
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What is a program?
It is text wrapped up in code which gives a computer simple instructions to execute complex actions. -
What can you say about complexity in programming?
Keeping programs under control is the main problem, which means it is a never ending task. -
What function do programming languages have?
They give instructions to computers. -
What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
There is none. Only that Java was starting to be a very popular programming language in the nineties. -
What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
ECMAScript takes its name from the international organization that released a standard document to describe how JavaScript should work. ECMAScript and JavaScript designate the same programming language.
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What is a program?
A program is text which is written in such a way, that a computer can understand it and follow it´s instructions. -
What can you say about complexity in programming?
The same program can be written in different ways. It is best to keep it simple and understandable. -
What function do programming languages have?
Programming languages give insructions to computers. -
What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
Javascript is named this way because of a marketing campaign. Other than that thee is no relationship. -
What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
It is the Standard of Javascript. It describes how Javascript should work and is responsible for releasing new versions.
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A program is a set of instructions given to a computer to execute, sometimes using information provided in the program.
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Programming requires you to be very precise. Not only that but there are many programs and much code needed to do even the simplest of things. Each of these things require many instructions that intertwine with one another requiring you to keep track of the many connections you make and for any errors.
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Programming languages are languages that set rules for how to describe and write code in a way that’s easy for people to understand.
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They are both programming languages. Javascript was given its name however for no other reason besides the fact that Java was being heavily marketed and was becoming popular at the time, and Javascript wanted to join in on that success. There is no other major correlation besides those two facts.
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ECMAscript is a text document representing the standard for how Javascript code should be written across everywhere it is claimed to be used. It can be used interchangeably with the name Javascript as everything in the document represents how Javascript should be written and coded.
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1. What is a program?
- A set of precise instructions telling the computer what to do
○ Follows sets of rules to execute
2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
- Programming is challenging
- code complexity can grow out of control if not properly managed
3. What function do programming languages have?
- Going from abstract (machine-readable) sets of instructions to human-readable
- Helps the programmer to talk about the actions that the computer has to perform on a higher level.
○ Helps omit details
○ Provides convenient building blocks
○ Allows to define one’s own building blocks, and makes them easy to compose
4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
- They have almost nothing to do with each other. Someone introduced JavaScript while Java was being heavily marketed and had success
5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
- It is a standard created by the ECMA International Organization.
- Can be used interchangeably with JavaScript
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What is a program?
A program is a set of instructions for a computer to execute -
What can you say about complexity in programming?
The foundational elements of a program are rather simple, but programming can easily get more and more complex, and it takes work to expand that complexity and simplify it over and over again, so that it’s easier to build upon what is already built. -
What function do programming languages have?
They make it easier for us to program computers more effectively. -
What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
Marketing ie. Nothing really aside the letters J A V A -
What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
ECMAScript is the common understanding of what Javascript is - it was used as a document for how Javascript should be used, and is now a repository(?) for or version of javascript’s features.
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- What is a program?
A program is a set of precise instructions telling a computer to do something.
- What can you say about complexity in programming?
The art of programming is the skill of controlling the program’s complexity.
- What function do programming languages have?
A programming language helps the programmer by allowing them to talk about the actions the computer has to perform on a higher level.
- What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
The similar name was inspired by marketing because the Java language was popular at that time. Someone thought it would be a good idea to use the “Java” as part of the name.
- What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
ECMAScript is the Ecma International organization, out of Europe, that standardized JavaScript. In reality ECMAScript and JavaScript are interchangeable.
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- What is a program?
A set on instructions. - What can you say about complexity in programming?
Programming should be simple. - What function do programming languages have?
They make it easier for humans to understand then binary. - What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
There is no relation between Java and Javascript it was used as a marketing ploy. - What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
Its the same just a different name.
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