BIG IDEA 1 · 10–13% OF THE EXAM · 4 TOPICS
Creative Development
This Big Idea is about the process of making software: collaborating, defining a program's purpose, designing and iterating, and hunting down errors. It's the smallest slice of the multiple choice, but its vocabulary is exactly what the Create Task written responses are graded on.
What the College Board expects you to walk away understanding
- Collaboration produces better programs than one person working alone, and effective collaboration is a skill with specific practices.
- Every program has a purpose, and programs can produce results beyond that purpose — including new knowledge for the person who wrote it.
- Developers use an iterative, incremental process with planning tools, documentation, and testing, rather than writing everything at once.
- Errors are a normal part of development; there are distinct types of errors and systematic ways to find and fix them.
Topics in this Big Idea
Night-before review
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