Glossary term
What is Path?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Path" means: The address of a file or folder on your computer. It is taught in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, Java for Complete Beginners and Linux for Absolute Beginners. Related terms include dry run, Relative path, Sandbox and Regular expression (regex).
- 3 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Path?
The address of a file or folder on your computer. (From Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work. 2 other courses define it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does Path mean in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work?
The address of a file or folder on your computer.
What does Path mean in Java for Complete Beginners?
The list of folders your terminal searches when you type a command. Java must be on it for javac to be found.
What does Path mean in Linux for Absolute Beginners?
Directions to a file or folder. An absolute path starts with a slash. A relative path starts from where you are.
Where is Path taught?
Path is defined in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, Java for Complete Beginners and Linux for Absolute Beginners.
Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring WorkJava for Complete BeginnersLinux for Absolute Beginners
Which lessons cover Path?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, lesson 6.1: One Entry Point: A Settings File and Command-Line Options
- Java for Complete Beginners, lesson 6.1: Reading and Writing Files
- Linux for Absolute Beginners, lesson 1.3: Find Your Way and Build Your Practice Folder
Which terms are related to Path?
Next to Path in the course glossaries: dry run, Relative path, Sandbox, Regular expression (regex), Pinning a version, Fingerprint (hash), pip, CSV, JDK and variable.
dry runRelative pathSandboxRegular expression (regex)Pinning a versionFingerprint (hash)pipCSVJDKvariable
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 Path?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work: Basic Python: variables, if statements, for loops, lists, dictionaries, f-strings and small functions. Lesson 3 of module 1 has a five-minute check.
- Java for Complete Beginners: No programming experience is needed.
- Linux for Absolute Beginners: No Linux or programming experience is needed.