APCS: AP Computer Science A @sfhs

1. Guess My Rule
2. Stanford Karel J Robot

1. Summer Assignment
2. First Qtr Labs
3. Second Qtr Labs
4. Third Qtr Labs
5. Fourth Qtr Labs
6. Starter Code for Old AP Questions
7. See Plus Portals for starter/tester code for eimacs.com FRQ's

1. Starter code your own applications
2. RaspberyPi Labs

1. Qtr 1 Exam Study Guide
2. Qtr 2 Exam Study Guide
3. Qtr 3 Exam Study Guide
4. Qtr 4 Exam Study Guide

1. Just for fun: Lifted Pixar's insight into taking computer science exams
2. Download and install a JDK (Java Development Kit). You have a choice now: -
   1. Oracle Java SE 11 JDK (LTS) (which needs an Opacle License)
   2. OpenJDK
      1. AdoptOpenJDK (Use the old HotSpotJVM or the faster OpenJ9 JMV supported by IBM)
      2. Corretto Amazon's OpenJDK
   3. If you are using macOS 10.15 Catalina, there is a tutorial.
3. Download a IDE (Integrated Development Environment) like
   1. BlueJ IDE See See Getting Started with BlueJ Video)
   2. Download page for Eclipse| Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (See Getting Started with Eclipse Video)
4. Download AP Exam Quick Reference from AP Central at CollegeBoard.org
5. Download APCS "Acorn" Book
6. http://www.javabat.com
7. Gridworld Bug Battle
8. Online interactive edition of a AP Comp Sci A Study Guide
9. Litvin's "Be Prepared for The APCS" Study Guide
10. Pair Programming Video
11. Extreme Programming
12. DeathJockey Tutorials are great if you learn well by watching someone writing code.

Here are some executable games written in 2019:

• Castle Siege by James
• Source Code for Castle Siege
• Elevator Game by Giuseppe
• F ZERO by Liam
• Source Code for F ZERO

If your computer doesn't already have the Java Runtime environment installed, you can find it at https://www.java.com/en/download/

1. A programmer is sent to the grocery store with instructions to “buy butter and see whether they have eggs, if they do, then buy a dozen.” Returning with 12 butters, the programmer says, “they had eggs.”
2. There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
3. You can't make a program without broken egos.
4. Q: Why did the programmer quit his job? A: Because he didn't get arrays.
5. Programming is 10% science, 25% ingenuity and 65% getting the ingenuity to work with the science.
6. When Shakespeare asked, “To be, or not to be?,” he did not provide the answer. But computer science can! The answer is FF.

   ( '2B | !2B = FF' .. in binary '001001011 OR 110110100=11111111') 

7. Chuck Norris can delete the Recycling Bin.
8. When Chuck Norris throws exceptions, it’s across the room.
9. Have you heard about the new Cray super computer? It’s so fast, it executes an infinite loop in 6 seconds.