Program Design and Analysis Vocabulary

Writing a program that performs a specific task

The idea of using interacting object that work with each other to achieve a goal

Given description of a task

A written plan, an overview of the solution

The actual writing of the code

The input that is used to test the code

The action of keeping the program running and up-to-date as time goes by

The strategy of implementing main classes first, and subsidiary classes later

A class that doesn’t rely on others in its code in order to perform its task

Implement lowest level, independent classes first before the main classes

A main method classes that are used to test other classes

is-a relationship between classes

has-a relationship between classes

Inheritance relationship shown in a tree-like diagram (usually an UML diagram)

Tree-like representation of a relationship between classes

Java construct for storing a data field (Array, int, boolean)

Hiding data field and methods in a class by making them private

Breaking large methods into smaller methods by using helpers

Using separate methods to encapsulate each task

Step-by-step process that solves a problem

Dummy method called by another method being tested, to test if it works

Fixing errors within the code

A program that screens out bad inputs

An error that prevents programs form compiling, usually a syntax error.

Bad language usage (missing braces)

Error that occurs during execution (int division by zero, index out of bounds)

A run-time error thrown by Java method

Program runs but does the wrong thing (incorrect writing of code)