Glossary term
What is Method?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Method" means: An action that belongs to a value, written after a dot with brackets, such as text.trim(). It is taught in JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive and Java for Complete Beginners. Related terms include Condition, Callback, loop and Arrow function. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 2 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Method?
An action that belongs to a value, written after a dot with brackets, such as text.trim(). (From JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does Method mean in JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive?
An action that belongs to a value, written after a dot with brackets, such as text.trim().
What does Method mean in Java for Complete Beginners?
A named block of code that does one job. You call it by name and it can give back a value.
Where is Method taught?
Method is defined in JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive and Java for Complete Beginners.
JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come AliveJava for Complete Beginners
Which lessons cover Method?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive, lesson 1.3: Work with numbers and text
- Java for Complete Beginners, lesson 1.2: The Parts of a Program and How to Read Errors
- Java for Complete Beginners, lesson 1.4: Text: Working with Strings
- Java for Complete Beginners, lesson 3.1: Methods: Name a Job Once, Use It Anywhere
- Java for Complete Beginners, lesson 4.2: Methods in Objects, this and static
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 Method?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- 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.
- Java for Complete Beginners: No programming experience is needed.