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-Welcome to The APCS Java Wiki
+====== 2025 AP Comp Sci A Wiki ======
-Fr. Chris Started this wiki to help with the exchange of information for helping you ask and answer questions about labs and AP Computer Science Questions.
+[[https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-computer-science-a-course-and-exam-description-effective-fall-2025.pdf|New (2025) Course and Exam Description]] used for the first time in May 2026
-Show the [[code.org video]]
-[[=Summer Assignment=]]
+=====Summer Assignment=====
+- See **AP Comp Sci A (Summer)** in Portals (Blackbaud) under **Groups**
-=====Getting Started Links====
-  -Just for fun: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY1_HrhwaXU|Lifted]] Pixar's insight into taking computer science exams
+**[[Overview]] of the NEW 2025 Course Description**
-  -Learn some Python over the summer at [[http://www.codeacademy.com|codeAcademy.com]] or [[http://www.khanacademy.com|KhanAcademy]]
+=====Starter Code for Old AP Questions=====
-  -Download page for [[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html|Java SE JDK for Windows/Linux/OSX64]] ([[http://www.archive.org/details/ChrisThielGettingStartedwithAPCSWindows7|See Windows Video]]) You need the Standard Edition (SE) of the Java Development Kit (JDK) for your particular operating system.
+    - [[Starter Code for Old AP Questions|2013 to present]]
-  -Download page for [[http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html|BlueJ IDE]] ([[http://www.archive.org/details/ChrisThielGettingStartedwithBlueJ|See Getting Started with BlueJ Video]])
+    - [[https://mathorama.com/apcs/pmwiki.php?n=Main.APQuestionsTrailIndex|2003-2012]]
-  -Download page for [[http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/index.php| Eclipse IDE for Java Developers]]  ([[http://www.archive.org/details/ChrisThielGettingStartedwithEclipse|See Getting Started with Eclipse Video]])
+=====Projects=====
-  -Download [[http://www.mathorama.com/APCS-Quick-Ref-2014.pdf|AP Exam Quick Reference]]
+   -[[https://mathorama.com/apcs/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Applications|Starter code your own applications]]
-  -Download [[http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-computer-science-a-course-description-2014.pdf|APCS "Acorn" Book]]
+   -[[RaspberyPi Labs]]
-  -[[http://www.javabat.com]]
+   -[[https://mathorama.com/apcs/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HowToConvertYourAppletToAnApplication|How to Convert an Applet to an Application]]
-  -[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Yhx2UrRLk|Gridworld Bug Battle]]
+   -[[Using The EasySound Library]]
-  -[[http://www.eimacs.com/Educ_BPCSOverview.htm|Online interactive edition of a AP Comp Sci A Study Guide]]
+   -[[High Scores|Saving a Record of Top Scores in a File]]
-  -[[http://www.skylit.com/beprepared-java.html|Litvin's "Be Prepared for The APCS" Study Guide]]
+   -[[Tile Grid Example]]
-  -[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG_U12uqRhE|Pair Programming Video]]
+   -[[Bounce Example]]
-  -[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrqcN5EF3t0&feature=related|Extreme Programming]]
+   -[[Shooting Example]]
-  -[[http://www.mathorama.com/mov/Javawide.mp4|Movie demonstrating HowJavaWide works]]
+   -[[PeekABoo]] combines a keyListener and a timer
-  -[[http://www.youtube.com/user/MrDeathJockey?feature=watch|DeathJockey Tutorials]] are great if you learn well by watching someone writing code.
+   -[[MorseCode]] ToneTester demonstrated how you might make a morse code trainer
+   -[[Adding Sound to your Application]]
+===== My 2025+ Labs =====
+  - [[https://mathorama.com/apcs2/NewLabsStarterCode.zip|New (2025+) AP Labs Starter Code]] (you need to unzip)
+  - [[Virtual Pet]] (2026 Unit 3 Lab}
+  - [[Pac-Man in One Dimension]]
+  - [[ 20 Questions ]] (read/write files)
+  - [[Color Difference]] (2D Arrays)
+  - [[Credit Card Numbers]] (Loops Unit 2.7)
+  - [[Neighbors]] (2D Arrays)
+  - [[A 2048 GUI]] (Activity 6) (download [[https://mathorama.com/apcs2/2048Game.jar |2048Game.jar]] it will run on any computer that has [[https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp|Java JRE]] installed.  On a Mac you will get a security warning, so press **Done** then open **System Settings** , then **Privacy and Security** and press **Open Anyway**.  You will still need an administrator password the first time. )
+  - [[Bagels]]
+  - [[Pokemon Database Activities]]
+=====Study Guides=====
+   -[[https://mathorama.com/wiki/doku.php?id=qtr_1_study_guide|Qtr 1 Exam Study Guide]]
+   -[[https://mathorama.com/wiki/doku.php?id=qtr_2_study_guide|Qtr 2 Exam Study Guide]]
+   -[[Qtr 3 Exam Study Guide]]
+   -[[Qtr 4 Exam Study Guide]]
-=====Quotes=====
-  -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."
-  -There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
-  -You can't make a program without broken egos.
-  -Q: Why did the programmer quit his job?  A: Because he didn't get arrays.
-  -Programming is 10% science, 25% ingenuity and 65% getting the ingenuity to work with the science.
-  -When Shakespeare asked, "To be, or not to be?," he did not provide the answer. But computer science can! The answer is FF. <code>( '2B | !2B = FF' .. in binary '001001011 OR 110110100=11111111') </code>
-  -Chuck Norris can delete the Recycling Bin.
-  -When Chuck Norris throws exceptions, it’s across the room.
-  - Have you heard about the new Cray super computer?  It’s so fast, it executes an infinite loop in 6 seconds.
-=====Labs=====
-[[RaspberyPi Labs]]
-[[First Qtr Labs]]