Introduction to Programming

Project-related terms

The files that constitute the project are stored in the directories of a filesystem. The top-most directory is called the project root directory, and the rest of the project directories form a tree underneath it. That's why a project can also be seen as a tree of directories that contain all of the .java files and other files that comprise the source code of an application and its tests. Non-Java files are usually called resources, and are stored in a directory with the same name.

Programmers also use the terms source code tree, source code, or just source, as synonyms for aproject.

When a project uses the classes of another project, they are packaged in a .jar file and usually constitute a library (a collection of, ...