APCS: AP Computer Science A @sfhs

1. Join google class with the code adge81
2. Bookmark apcs.mathorama.com and install The Java SDK (as of July 2015, the current version is Java SE Development Kit 8u51), Blue J and Eclipse The Podcast has some videos that focus on installing your software: Getting Started with BlueJ, Windows7 Installation. You make want to see the list of videos
3. Sign up at SoloLearn and take the free Java Tutorial at http://www.sololearn.com (Seems to work better in Firefox for me). You will get a certificate if you complete all 7 Java Modules. If you can't do all, do as many as you can.
4. Learn the Basics at www.learnJavaOnline.org (the first 7 tutorials: “Hello, World!”, “Variables and Types”, “Conditionals”, “Arrays”, “Loops”, “Functions”, and “Objects”)
5. If you are hungry for more, try the Intro Course at http://studio.code.org.

There will be a quiz on the first day of class based on the Java tutorials mentioned above.

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.

1. Just for fun: Lifted Pixar's insight into taking computer science exams
2. Learn some Python over the summer at codeAcademy.com or KhanAcademy
3. Download page for Java SE JDK for Windows/Linux/OSX64 (See Windows Video) You need the Standard Edition (SE) of the Java Development Kit (JDK) for your particular operating system. This not needed for Mac OSX before October 2010- for older OSX, Launch Terminal and type @@java -version@@. It will either tell you the version or ask if you want to install it. More info on OSX here If you want to install Ubuntu (Linux) on an old computer, or a VirtualBox, check out the JDK for Ubuntu page.
4. Download page for BlueJ IDE (See Getting Started with BlueJ Video)
5. Download page for Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (See Getting Started with Eclipse Video)
6. Download AP Exam Quick Reference
7. Download APCS "Acorn" Book
8. http://www.javabat.com
9. Gridworld Bug Battle
10. Online interactive edition of a AP Comp Sci A Study Guide
11. Litvin's "Be Prepared for The APCS" Study Guide
12. Pair Programming Video
13. Extreme Programming
14. Movie demonstrating HowJavaWide works
15. DeathJockey Tutorials are great if you learn well by watching someone writing code.