Programming Reading Assignment

Javascript Programming
#646

  1. Set of precise instructions that tell a computer exactly what to do.

  2. Programming itself is complex however the programs we create we want to ensure are easy to use and understand.

  3. programming languages enable us to interact with computers and its interface. The development of programing languages as we have now mimic the way we as humans interact as in they are all languages, the development of these languages created a less tedious process and allowed for more complex programming in faster time to occur.

  4. There is none they just share a similar name. Naming the language also allowed for more complex programs to be built.

  5. They are synonyms for the same language, ECMAScript is just the standardizing of Javascript, they are the same thing.

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#647

  1. A set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do.

  2. You should aim at simplicity, as the more you ad on, the more complex it gets.

  3. Enables humans read and write instructions, without using binary, to computers.

  4. Almost none, had mor to do with marketing.

  5. The two terms are interchangeable, two names for the same language.

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#648
  1. A programming language is an artificially constructed language used to instruct computers.
  2. Should be avoided, as it is best to keep it simple.
  3. Javascript has no relationship to Java, was an attempt to capitalize on name recognition to Java.
  4. The ECMAScript Standard was written to outline how the JS language should work.
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#649
  1. What is a program?
  • A set of instructions for a computer to interpret.
  1. What can you say about complexity in programming?
  • There’s a range of complexity that builds upon itself. This complexity allows you to solve new problems.
  1. What function do programming languages have?
  • Programming languages cut down and simplify the instructions that a human has to write for a computer.
  1. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
  • It was just a marketing ploy. They are two different languages.
  1. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
  • ECMAScript is the standard Javascript follows. They are one in the same.
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#650

A detailed set of instructions for a computer to follow
The complexity of programming is an endless puzzle but is also very simple at the same time.
The function of a programming language is minimize to streamline the amount of code needing to be written in order for a computer to complete a task properly
There is no relationship other than timing and advertising
The ECMAScript and Java Script are one in the same. The Ecma was a foundations that standardized javascript

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#651

1.) A program is a set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do. It is a building of thoughts. Programming Language Artificially constructed instructions/language used to instruct the computer.

2.) Complexity in programming come as a result from inability to control flow of program. It is the lack of skill to develop best programming practice.
3.) Programming languages have conditional functions, repetition functions, and selection functions
4.) There is no relationship between Java and Javascript; JavaScript is an interpreted Scripting language, not a compiled language like Java.
4a) Java is an Object Oriented Programming language while JavaScript is an Object Oriented scripting language.

4b) Java creates applications that run in a virtual machine or browser while JavaScript code is run on a browser only.

4c) Java code needs to be compiled while JavaScript code are all in text.

5.) ECMAScript stands for European Computer Manufacturer Association Script is a Standard for scripting languages such as JavaScript , JScript, etc.
It was developed with the co-operation of Netscape and Microsoft. It is mainly derived from Netscape’s Javascript. It is the widely-used scripting language, used in Web pages to affect how they look or behave for the user that is how it is related to Javascript.

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#652

  1. A programm is a building of thought / set with instructions for the computer

  2. Controlling complexity might be one of the biggest goals to achieve in programming. Programming is made to do complex things in an as easy as possible set/described way.

  3. 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
    console.log), allows you to define your own building blocks (such as sum and
    range), and makes those blocks easy to compose.

  4. Only the name. The name ‘‘Javascript’’ was chosen there ‘‘Java’’ was marketing its name heavily. Javascript jumped on this marketed boat by choosing a look a like name.

  5. ECMAScript is another name for Javascript but based on the standardization after adoption. The ECMAScript standard is a document which describes what Javascript actually is and how it should work.

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#653
  1. A program is a number of instruction we put together in order to tell a computer what to do.
  2. Complexity in programming is not related with the fundamental rules, but with what we are trying to program and build.
  3. The function is translate the way humans can communicate with machines.
  4. Just the name, nothing more than a marketing purpose from the early days.
  5. ECMAScript established the rules to program in JavaScript in order for different softwares can talk to each other. At the end, it was a way to standardize JavaScript.
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#654
  1. A program is a list of instructions
  2. Complexity should be avoided whenever possible.
  3. Programming languages abstract from machine code in a manner that humans can read and understand.
  4. JavaScript was a marketing effort to ride the coat tails of Java’s growing success
  5. ECMA is a standard that JavaScript follows.
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#655
  1. What is a program?

A set of precise instructions for computers to perform tasks and produce repeatable exact results.

  1. What can you say about complexity in programming?

Programmes are built on fundamental rules, but each one introduce a huge variety of additional rules that can make the code grow to unmanageable proportions and complexity.

  1. What function do programming languages have?

They direct a computer to perform all tasks.

  1. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?

They bear no relationship to eachother. Javascript was devised from a marketing perspective. Kind of an “association trick”, due to Java being heavily marketed at the time.

  1. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?

ECMAScript was created as a set of standards for the correct implementation of Javascript. The two names refer to the same thing, and are interchangeable.

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#656
  1. A program is a language used to command a machine to do certain processes.
  2. The more complex a program becomes the more prone it is to “break”/malfunction/function unintentionally. It can become infinitely complex and also simplified in ways.
  3. Programming languages allow man and machine to relay messages and commands to one another. Title words can be used to describe commands/tasks that can then be pieced together like a mathematical calculation. Man provides the inputs and the machine executes them.
  4. Java and Javascript are both programming syntax languages developed during the same time period. They are unrelated aside from that and their names.
  5. ECMAScript is a scripting-language standardized by Ecma International. Javascript uses this standard as an out-of-box type deal with some additional specifications.
    (Kind of thinking ahead, ECMAScript/Javascript or JScript or ActionScript would be analogous to Solidity/ERC-20 ERC-721 ERC-1155)
    (So they are NOT THE SAME THING, like a square is a rectangle and not vise versa)
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#657

Here is my understanding after reading the introduction of the Javascript book:

  1. A program is a set off instructions telling the computer what to do. It acts as a tool to assist your computer in doing things it was not able to do before. The program is a piece of text typed by a programmer.
  2. Programming is hard. It is ideal to keep a program under control rather than loosing control. It can become confusing if the program is not taken care of. When the program’s size increases, so does the complexity. What can help programmers, when it comes down to controlling complexity is following a set of techniques in order to stay in a ‘safe zone’, keeping the program in control. Making mistakes in the program design will help to understand how to adapt to other techniques if new issues arise.
    3.Programming languages can help take care of uninteresting details for the programmer. The programming language helps the programmer by showing the actions that the computer has to perform at a different level. The programming languages can also omit details and provide building blocks such as specific programming terms as well as defining the blocks.
  3. Java and Javascript do not have much relationship at all. At the time Javascript was being introduced, Java which is also another programming language was being heavily marketed and was becoming popular.
  4. ECMAscript is a programming language which is the same language as Javascript. Both names can be used together because they represent the same language.
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#658
  1. What is a program?

A program is a data that tells give orders to the computer.

  1. What can you say about complexity in programming?

Its easy to do over complex programs. Being not too complex is very important to a programmer.

  1. What function do programming languages have?

Programming languages makes it easier to talk to a computer and not to use just basic binaric languages. It makes it easier to do more complex things and still be closer to human understanding.

  1. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?

They became known around thw same time and have some of the same name, unfoetunately.

  1. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?

Its basically the same thing.

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#659

  1. What is a program?
    A program is many things. It is first off a piece of text that is created by the programmer, It is the directed force that makes the computer do what is expected of it to do. It is data in the computers memory but it also controls the actions performed on this same memory.

  2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
    The complexity of programming can create its own rules in a way. When programming you have almost unlimited potential to do as you wish and create your own virtual world. The basic rules of programming can be simple but can become more and more complex when creating intricate programs.

  3. What function do programming languages have?
    The function that programming languages has is to allow us to work at a higher level so that we as programmers do not have to deal with the less interesting details of their code. They allow us to program without having to deal with the computer at the lower levels, which takes much more code to do simple things. Also these languages allow us to display the code in a more readable and understandable way. A good language helps a programmer by providing more abstract means of expression. Also they allow the programmer to make new building blocks.

  4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
    Java actually has very little to do with Javascript. The name was actually considered more for marketing purposes that for any real relationship to Java. They were just trying to catch the wave, since Java was becoming popular around the time of launch of Javascript is 1995.

  5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
    When browser other than netscap started to support Javascript a document was written to describe precisely how a Javascript system should work. The language described in this document is ECMAScript, named after the organization that standardized it. ECMAScript describes a general purpose programming language, and does not say anything about the integration of this language in a web browser.

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#660
  1. What is a program? A set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do.
  2. What can you say about complexity in programming? The art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity.
  3. What function do programming languages have? Add layers of abstraction to bits, reducing complexity and increasing control
  4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript? None / Incidental
  5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript? Technically it’s standardized by ECMA. Functionally, the two words mean the same thing.
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#661

  1. What is a program?
    It is a piece of text typed by a programmer, it is the directing force that makes the computer do what it does, it is data in the computer’s memory, yet it controls the actions performed on this same memory. It is a building of thought.

  2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
    A programs size and complexity will grow out of control, confusing even the person who created it. Keeping programs under control is the main problem of programming. The art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity.

  3. What function do programming languages have?
    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 block, allows you to define you own building blocks and makes those blocks easy to compose.

  4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
    It has almost nothing to do with the programming language named Java.

  5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
    JavaScript was introduced in 1995 as a way to add programs to web pages in the Netscape Navigator browser. 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. This is ECMAScript.

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#662
  • What is a program? A sequence of instructions that tell a computer what to do.
  • What can you say about complexity in programming? As requirements grow, complexity grows in a non-linear fashion.
  • What function do programming languages have? To enable programmers to write code that instructs a computer what to do and what to do it to.
  • What is the relationship between Java and Javascript? Java is a general programming language; but Javascript is directed to websites. They really are not related. The difference between Java and JavaScript is that Java is compiled + interpreted language, Java code is first compiled into class files containing byte code and then executed by JVM, on the other hand, JavaScript code is directly executed by the browser.
  • What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript? ECMAScript is a standardization of Javascript.
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#663
  1. What is a program?

programing is set of instructions to get your computer (a completely useless tool without it) to do things that it couldn’t do before.

  1. What can you say about complexity in programming?

it is complex in the way that there are many different ways you could go about with programming. ex. in the way you code, or even which language you code in. Its a bunch of little interlinked lines of code that add up to one big line of code.

  1. What function do programming languages have?

languages are the simple fact of the human being able to communicate to the computer.

  1. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?

There is no relation, when the language javascript was introduced, it was just using the Part “java” to get exposed due to the language java being heavily marketed.

  1. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?

ECMAScript is another way of saying Javascript. To make sure programs that claimed to support Javascript and not Java.

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#664

  1. A program is a set of instructions that tell a computer what to do.

  2. Complexity can get out of control in programming, to the point of confusing the creator. Therefore, a programmer should try to control the complexity.

  3. Progarmming languages are a way to program the computer which give precise instructions to create a certain outcome.

  4. Java is a programming language different from Javascript. They only have similar names.

  5. ECMAScript is the same programming language as Javascript. ECMAScript created the standardized language for Javascript.

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#665

oh man the reading is killer, video and explanation is so much better I can answer most questions now but the assignments in that book as well I will be here forever

I will need to skip a bit and jump into the video section again building our simple website

I will answer to the best of my knowledge right now just because I know if I get stuck on that reading assignment I will be toast.

a program is a code that a computer reads and executes, the mechanical side of the program rests in the computer chip that makes 01010101011100000 switching this switching we can use to give any desired output based on input and program design

complexity in programming starts to happen as the program contains more and more interacting functions , some affecting others then in ways that are un-intentional, then the program writer is just continue to add additional items and functions to solve the problems created, very soon the situation can be an overwhelming code

programming languages assist the standardization of code writing in programs, interchangeably

Java and JavaScript are not the same, only similar in name

ECMAS and JavaScript are the same language ECMAS is the standard and is regularly updated with new ways of writing as developments occur

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