Programming Reading Assignment

Javascript Programming
#807

That is a lot of extra work for yourself. But you should redo your format, an mark the entire script instead of each line one by one.
Just highlight the entire script and use the preformattet text button.
Or use the intended XML encoding that’s built in all ready.
Ivo

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#808
  1. A program is a set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do.
  2. One could say that the art of programming, is the skill of controlling complexity. A computer can only do straightforwards things, but we can combine these simple actions through programs, so they do very complicated things.
  3. A programming language helps the programmer talk to the computer about the actions it needs to do on a higher level.
  4. They are both computer languages and siblings by name, but not by blood.
  5. The ECMAScript is a standard document which describes the way JavaScript should work. In practice, both terms can be used interchangeably since they are two names for the same language.
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#809

1. What is a program?
A set of specific instructions that a computer must follow to produce a specific result.

2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
It is quite easy to get lost in programming as it is quite easy to get results with each code we enter, that is, we could go on and on writing new lines instead of making it simpler by effectively reducing the complexity. Programming is a complex task but it is the addition of more simple lines.

3. What function do programming languages have?
They are the set of code upon which the computer interacts to produce specific results, they are written in 0 and 1, the binary codes.

4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
None. One was for a promotional purpose, taking advantage of the market sentiment at the time.

5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
It is the standard script upon which rules required to run Javascript operations are written. They could be used interchangeably as one means the other.

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#810
  1. What is a program?
    Is an executable software runs on a computer.
  2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
    Complexity harder to understand . It is easier to keep it simple and simplify
  3. What function do programming languages have?
    A function in a programming language is a program fragment a define task. Ex; a function may be written that finds the average of the supplied numbers.
  4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
    There is no relation between JAVA and JS.
  5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
    ECMAScript is the same language as JS. The ECMAScript Standard was a written document in which outlined the way JS language should work. ECMAScript and JS are two names for the same language and can be used interchangeably.
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#811

  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 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. The art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity

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

  4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript? JavaScript has almost nothing to do with the programming language named Java. The similar name was inspired by marketing considerations rather than good judgment. When JavaScript was being
    introduced, the Java language was being heavily marketed and was gaining
    popularity

  5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript? 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 called the ECMAScript standard, after the
    Ecma International organization that did the standardization. In practice, the
    terms ECMAScript and JavaScript can be used interchangeably—they are two
    names for the same language.

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#812

  1. A program is a set of instructions for a computer that makes it to do things.

  2. Whilst the individual programming instructions for a computer are tightly define, simple and clear, it is when the programmer combines these instructions into a program that complexity emerges. The resulting programs can become very complex and introduce there own rules. It is the programmers job to manage this complexity.

  3. A programming language allows humans to define the actions a computer should perform at a higher level of logic than the actions a computer performs (at the lowest level). A good programming language removes the detail of the computers logical operations and allows the programmer to express the higher level logic in a format that is more readable and understandable to humans.

  4. Java and JavaScript are not related, except from the fact that the term Java (from the popular Java programming language) was reused for marketing purposes when JavaScript was invented.

  5. ECMAScript is another name for JavaScript. ECMA is the international standards organisation that defined the JavaScript.

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#813
  1. A set of precise instructions telling the computer what to do.
  2. Try to minimize complexity as much as possible. This will help to prevent the programmer themselves getting confused and anyone else who may work on it.
  3. They allow for humans to interact with machines. Good programming languages both make sense to humans and are flexible enough to command complex machines.
  4. Nothing. It happened to be a marketing and timing decision.
  5. ECMAScript is a standard. In practice its used interchangeably with JavaScript.
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#814
  1. What is a program? A set of instructions set in a specialized language that tells the computer what to do.
  2. What can you say about complexity in programming? Programming has a set of simple rules that allows you to build upon them to make very complex programs. The book states you are essentially making your own maze.
  3. What function do programming languages have? Programming language allows for a readable and less obscure way to set instructions for the computer.
  4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript? The book states that they are not related and Java was given the name pretty much for recognition reasons only.
  5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript? ECMAScript is the standardized way Javascript is written/used. The two names are interchangeable and essentially mean the same thing.
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#815

  1. A program is an instruction for the computer that contains several simple actions that the computer will follow, to perform a certain task.

  2. If a program becomes too complex, it can even confuse the one who has written the program. Other than that a complex program can perform a solution to a different or annoying task with no bounds to complexity.

  3. A programming language´s function is to give the computer instructions with written code and to be easy to understand by the programmer.

  4. At the time when Java was heavily promoted, someone in the marketing team at javascript thought they could use a very similar name as free promotion, even though it has nothing to do with JAVA per se.

  5. JavaScript can be used interchangeable with the name ECMAScript. The ladder one was later used to ensure a machine was indeed using the same language and is not mixed up with JAVA.

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#816
  1. A program tells computers how to function.
  2. Programming is the management of complexity.
  3. Programming languages make programs readable and thereby, more workable.
  4. Javascript was named after Java, a then popular programming language, though it has little to do with it in reality.
  5. ECMAScript is a general language which was standardized to interact with browsers. The current version os JavaScript is ECMAScript version 3.
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#817
  1. A set of instructions
  2. More commands there are, more complexed it gets. It is always the best to program in a way that others can understand it
  3. Helping humans to interact with computers.
  4. None
  5. ECMAScript is the standard that JS follows
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#818

  1. A program is a set of instructions for a computer. They include logic processes done to provided input data in order to receive a, hopefully, desired result.

  2. Programs can simply become complex, adding difficulty in understanding the program and troubleshooting issues. Although sometimes unavoidable, complexity should be avoided whenever possible.

  3. Programming languages provide streamlined means of providing instructions to a computer. They allow for programs to be written in elegant ways that closer resemble human language, and to build programs without convoluted instructions that are difficult to directly understand by the programmer.

  4. Java and Javascript share only name similarities. The languages themselves are completely different.

  5. After being standardized by the ECMA for crosscompatibility of multiple browsers, Javascript and ECMAScript became interchangeable names for the same language.

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#819
  1. A program is a set of specific instructions that enable computers (and other devices) to perform predefined actions.
  2. It is best to avoid high complexity in programs because with higher complexity comes higher risks of issues and mistakes.
  3. Programming languages make instructions more readable and make it easier for the programmer to communicate with the device, which instead is fed with machine language.
  4. The only relationship is about the name, which is similar, probably for marketing reasons.
  5. ECMAScript is a standard which refers to JavaScript, in the form of a document where it is described how it should work.
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#820

  1. A program is a line of codes where the programmer tells the computer in a specific language (there a a bunch of it) what it exactly should do.

  2. When you are writing pieces of code it is all about handling complexity in your program. You should keep your code as simple as possible because it makes it easier for you and other to understand what your program/code is doing, find mistakes and solutions. But in programming there is no right or wrong. You can solve a problem/task in different ways which also implies different complexity in the solution. But to do you and others a favor you should reduce the complexity, if it is possible.

  3. A programming languages allows user to tell the computer in a more or less easy way what it should to. The language allows a communication between the programmer and the computer on a high level. A high level means that the programmers don´t have to care about the unnecessary, uninteresting small details (where to store the variables, translate it into bytecode etc…) and can focus on telling the computer which actions it should perform.

  4. There is no relationship. Java was very popular in the beginning and gained a lot of interesting. Because of the popularity Javascript only want to jump on the train and only used Java in its name.

  5. ECMAScript is a standard which ensures that everybody is speaking/using the language (Javascript). In practice, it is just another name of Javascript. It is a synonym.

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#821

  1. A program is a “set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do.”

  2. Keeping a program that you have created under your complete control is one of the main challenges of programming. Simplicity in complexity is the key to beauty and control, though simplicity in programming is also one of the hardest things to master. Complexity can also bring with it a loss of the comfort zone, which is one of its benefits that should not be taken for granted.

  3. The functions of programming languages are to help programmers by giving them a way to communicate to a computer what actions ought to be taken, and what actions ought not to be taken.

  4. There is no relationship between the two languages except for perhaps that they have a similar sounding name, and that they are both languages that a computer can understand and execute actions based off of.

  5. EMCMA is a standard (or set of rules) of Javascript. They are one in the same.

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#822
  1. What is a program?

A program is a set of very specific instructions that tells the computer what to do.

  1. What can you say about complexity in programming?

It can lead to confusion even for the creator himselg, one must learn how to control the complexity of its program (in essence, try to keep it simple in its complexity) so for he’s own sake and for the sake of future readers of the program.

  1. What function do programming languages have?

Programming languages are of great aid when it comes to transmitting a message to a computer, it allows us to set instructions in a very familiar way close enough to our language. Basically what we write in programming language will be later processed by the compiler which will transform the data into binary code so that the machine can understand.

  1. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?

Nearly none, apparently someone thought it was a good idea to take advantage of the success that the programming language Jave was getting.

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

Is the standard way which describes how Javascript should work so that different softwares can have a standardised version to refer to. They are the same language and in the practice the two terms are interchangeable.

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#823

1- A program is a set of precisely instructions telling a computer what to do. It is the data on the computer memory, a program controls the actions on the same memory.

2- The fundamentals of programming are pretty basic and clear, however if you build a program on top of it these rules they tend to become so complex that they introduce their own rules and complexity.

3- Programming language helps the programmer by allowing them to communicate with the computer about the actions it has to make on a higher level, making it easier for the programmer to understand since the language used is closer to a humane way of communicating, the compiler will change the input into binary code in order for the computer to read and execute the code.

4- there is no relationship between java and JavaScript.

5- Ecma script is a standard document that is used to describe how JavaScript language should work, so that various types of software that claim to support JavaScript are talking about the same language. They are the same programming language.

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#824
  1. Program is many things, mainly text typed by a programmer to tell the computer what to do. It is data in the computer’s memory.
  2. Without care, program’s size and complexity can grow out of control even confusing the person who created it.
  3. Programming language helps the programmer by allowing them to talk about the actions that the computer has to perform on higher level.
  4. Relationship between Java and JavaScript is almost nothing. It was used for marketing purpose.
  5. ECMAScript can be used interchangeably with JavaScript. They are the same language.
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#825

1. What is a program?
Instructions/rules made of a language that a computer understands that allows the computer to execute the commands.
2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
It’s very complex, there is an incredible amount of choices that you can take that will lead to a very specific type of result.

3. What function do programming languages have?
A way of communicating information/instructiones to a computer that allows it to execute certain tasks. (The function of communication between a person and the computer). Every language has a set of “rules” that the computer will understand and convert into “actiones”

4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
Nothing much, they are both programing languages but they are quite different from each other. They have similar names because the creators of JavaScript tought it would gain faster/better traction that way.

5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
It’s basically the same thing, ECMAScript is the rules and blueprint of the language JavaScript.

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#826

  1. Set of specific tasks for a computer to perform.
    2.Best practice is to keep it simple and avoid redundant code.

  2. they can instruct the computer to perform certain tasks.

  3. Completely different Javascript planned to use the Java name to gain success…(sounds like some cryptocurrencies.)

  4. ECMA is a series of updates for Javascript that have been released since the year 2000, but the Terms ECMAscript and Java script are interchangeable

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