Work and tech
Programming words
Programming has its own English words. Learn these, and docs, error messages and code reviews will be much easier to read.
Bug
A mistake in code that makes a program work in the wrong way.
There is a bug in the login page. Users can't sign in.
Debug
To find and fix bugs in code.
I spent the whole morning trying to debug this API error.
Variable
A name that stores a value in your code. The value can change.
Create a variable called userName to save the user's name.
Function
A block of code with a name. It does one job, and you can use it many times.
This function adds two numbers and returns the result.
Repository
A place that stores all the code and history of a project, for example on GitHub. People often say repo.
Please clone the repository and run npm install.
Deploy
To put your app on a server so people can use it.
We will deploy the new version of the website tonight.