Declarative Programming
A high-level programming concept that abstracts away the control flow for logic required for software to perform an action. Instead of specifying how to achieve a task, it states what the task or desired outcome is.
Areas of application
- Web development
- Database management
- Data analysis
- Artificial intelligence
- User interface development
- Software testing
- Network programming
- Game design
Example
Writing a program that calculates the area of a rectangle using declarative syntax would look like this: ‘Find the area of a rectangle with a width of 5 units and a height of 7 units.’