Confused about "kind" argument in the Pomodoro app example.

A parameter is a variable in a method definition. When a method is called, the arguments are the data you pass into the method's parameters. the quote to code by is "You define parameters, and you make arguments."

public void MyMethod(String myParam) { }

//versus

String myArg1 = "this is my argument";
myClass.MyMethod(myArg1);

Considering the code from the video:

public class Home {
  private Attempt mCurrentAttempt;
private void prepareAttempt(AttemptKind kind) {
    mCurrentAttempt = new Attempt(kind, "");
  }
}

"kind" is a parameter of prepareAttempt().

During this video, Craig is defining prepareAttempt method... short and sweet Craig will focus on the different "kinds" after he sets up the basic function that uses them.

When Craig is using the Evaluate Expression tool in the video, he is setting the state of the application (or "telling the program" that the kind is FOCUS or BREAK). AttemptKind is of type enum, so we are passing the argument AttemptKind.FOCUS or AttemptKind.BREAK into the prepareAttempt() method. This is how the app knows if the kind is FOCUS or BREAK.