Programming Fundamentals

Loops Loops represent the concept of repeating a process over and over again. Constructing loops are one of the core parts of a program. A loop’s condition must evaluate to true or false. If the loop’s condition is true, the loop will continue to execute until it … [Read more...] about Introduction to loops

Naming Conventions JavaScript does not have any specific rules for naming variables; however, other languages do. Naming conventions help your code stay fluent within the context of your program. This is important because you want to have consistency throughout … [Read more...] about Naming Conventions in Programming

Start All programs must start at one point. The starting point of a program is where you decide your program will start executing. Stop Stop is where you decide to terminate your program. At times, this stopping point can be decided by you, but other times it will … [Read more...] about Start and Stop of a program

Most interesting programs will need to make a decision. What type of decision? A computer has the ability to make decisions based on a boolean expression. This can be based on a logical operator or an expression that evaluates to true or false. Example of a … [Read more...] about Programming Decisions

Most programs will need some type of input to operate on. Whether it's setting up the initial value or asking a user for a specific input, your program will likely require some type of input. … [Read more...] about Inputs in Programming

Accumulators are a type of variable. Just like variables, they are stored and used based on a location in memory. Accumulators differ from counters by accumulating a value instead of counting that value. For example, you can have an accumulator that finds the sum … [Read more...] about Accumulators in Programming