Abstract syntax tree

An abstract syntax tree is like a picture of your code that a computer can understand better than a human. It makes it easy for the computer to understand the code and figure out what it should do. It is made up of different parts, like tree branches. For example, a simple if-then statement in your code would look like a branch with two separate parts - one for the "if" part and one for the "then" part. Each part is made up of even smaller parts like leaves on the branch. So the computer looks at each small part, like the leaves, to figure out what it should do when it runs your program.