Glossary term
What is loop?
In Apex Flow Academy, "loop" means: A way to repeat the same lines of code. A while loop repeats as long as a condition is true, and a for loop repeats once for each value. It is taught in Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work and JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive.
- 2 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is loop?
A way to repeat the same lines of code. A while loop repeats as long as a condition is true, and a for loop repeats once for each value. (From Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does loop mean in Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work?
A way to repeat the same lines of code. A while loop repeats as long as a condition is true, and a for loop repeats once for each value.
What does loop mean in JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive?
Code that repeats the same steps for every item in a list or a set number of times.
Where is loop taught?
loop is defined in Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work and JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive.
Python From Zero: Write Programs That WorkJavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive
Which lessons cover loop?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work, lesson 2.3: Repeat Until Ready with while
- Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work, lesson 2.4: Repeat a Set Number of Times with for and range
- Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work, lesson 3.2: Loop Over a List and Summarise It
- Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work, lesson 3.3: Dictionaries: Look Things Up by Name
- JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive, lesson 2.3: Repeat work with loops
- JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive, lesson 2.4: Describe things with objects
Which terms are related to loop?
Next to loop in the course glossaries: tuple, list, boolean, index, int and float, dictionary, variable, record, Property and Condition.
tuplelistbooleanindexint and floatdictionaryvariablerecordPropertyCondition
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn loop?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work: No programming experience is needed.
- JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive: No prior programming and no CSS knowledge are needed; the style sheet you need is given to you.