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bug blaster vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| backpack | A place in the block-programming area where a programmer can choose code to save and take out later to use in another program |
| bugs | A flaw in a computer program that causes the program to produce an incorrect result or behavior |
| collapse or expand blocks | When you right-click on an event handlers and it gets reduced to 1 line of code or right click return the code to it's block |
| comments | A place where the programmer shares a message about what he did in the code with others |
| compiler | A programmer that understands if a computer can "read" the code blocks and so it displays a warning count in the bottom left corner of the blocks viewer when it cannot |
| conditional statement | Part of a code that performs different actions depending on whether a condition is true or false or a yes/no answer |
| debug | The attempt to find and fix errors in a computer hardware or programs. |
| disable | disabled - the block is gray and "turned off" so that code is skipped |
| Do it | The Do it command helps you test your code one block at a time |
| driver | The person who types the code into the computer during pair programming |
| enable | enabled - the block is "turned off" so that block of code is included |
| error | an incorrect result produced by a computer program |
| incrementally | Build code a few chunks at a time and test before moving on |
| live programming | changes made in a program update on the tablet using MIT app inventors |
| navigator | The person who reads the direction and reviews each line of code in a computer program as it is typed when two programmers are working together |
| pair programming | Two people working together to create a computer program. One person, called the driver, writes the code and explains the logic, while the other person, called the navigator, reviews it and gives feedback. |