Programming Standards

Question 1

What is scope?

Answer 1

The part of the program that has access to the variable. If a variable is declared within a block of code (like Main()), it’s only visible within that method. The variable comes into existence when it’s declared, and “dies” at the end of the method/structure. These variables are known as local objects.

Question 2

What does // do?

Answer 2

Creates a single line comment

Question 3

what does /**/ do?

Answer 3

Creates a multi line comment

Question 4

What is Camel Case?

Answer 4

Starts variable names with a lower case and capitalizes remaining important words (firstName)

Question 5

What is Pascal Case?

Answer 5

Capitalizes all words and is used for class names, namespaces, and methods (MyClassName)