L16: Software Engineering

The idea of packing up functional units into nested objects is called...

• Functional Programming

• Object-Oriented Programming

• Objective Programming

• Nested Programming

API stands for...

• Application Programming Interface

• Algorithm Prediction Index

• Applied Program Item

• American Programmers International

An object's private functions can only be called by...

• That object itself

• Higher-level objects

• Lower-level objects

• Any other object

Object-Oriented programming allows programmers to...

• Hide complexity through abstraction

• Selectively reveal information

• Render 3D objects

• Manage memory efficiently

An Integrated Development Environment can assist your programming by providing...

• Automatic colour-coding

• Check syntax, like spellcheck for code

• Organize your code

• Compile and run code

• Identify crashes and help debug code

Good documentation helps programmers read and revisit code. When is it important to document your code?

• Only when you're getting started, to help fix mistakes

• Only if you're planning to work with someone else.

• Only once you really understand what you're doing.

• Any time you write code.

Reading undocumented code is...

• The best

• The worst

• Fun

• Impossible

Code can be stored in a central repository. It can be checked out by a programmer to edit, and then returned when changes are made. This process is called...

• Source Control

• Beta Testing

• Integrated Development Enviroment

• Object-Oriented Programming

Quality Insurance involves...

• Trying to find bugs

• Public testing

• Internal testing

• Creating new bugs

Software Engineering is about...

• Writing code

• Organizing code

• Debugging code

• Reading code