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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.  The homework assignments and test dates are [[https://www.mathorama.com/showHWbyChapter.php?block=B&qtr=1|here]].
+[[https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-computer-science-a-course-and-exam-description-effective-fall-2025.pdf|New (2026) Course and Exam Description]]
-=====Labs=====
-   -[[Summer Assignment]]
-   -[[First Qtr Labs]]
-   -[[Second Qtr Labs]]
-   -[[Starter Code for Old AP Questions]]
-   -[[Fourth Qtr Labs]]
-   -[[RaspberyPi Labs]]
-=====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]]
+=====Summer Assignment=====
+- See **AP Comp Sci A (Summer)** in Portals (Blackbaud) under **Groups**
-=====Getting Started Links====
+**[[Overview]]**
+=====Starter Code for Old AP Questions=====
-  -Just for fun: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY1_HrhwaXU|Lifted]] Pixar's insight into taking computer science exams
+    - [[Starter Code for Old AP Questions|2013 to present]]
-  -Learn some Python over the summer at [[http://www.codeacademy.com|codeAcademy.com]] or [[http://www.khanacademy.com|KhanAcademy]]
+    - [[https://mathorama.com/apcs/pmwiki.php?n=Main.APQuestionsTrailIndex|2003-2012]]
-  -Download page for [[https://jdk.java.net/11/|Open Java 11 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.
+=====Projects=====
-  -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.Applications|Starter code your own applications]]
-  -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]])
+   -[[RaspberyPi Labs]]
-  -Download [[http://www.mathorama.com/APCS-Quick-Ref-2014.pdf|AP Exam Quick Reference]]
+   -[[https://mathorama.com/apcs/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HowToConvertYourAppletToAnApplication|How to Convert an Applet to an Application]]
-  -Download [[http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-computer-science-a-course-description-2014.pdf|APCS "Acorn" Book]]
+   -[[Using The EasySound Library]]
-  -[[http://www.javabat.com]]
+   -[[High Scores|Saving a Record of Top Scores]]
-  -[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Yhx2UrRLk|Gridworld Bug Battle]]
+   -[[Tile Grid Example]]
-  -[[http://www.eimacs.com/Educ_BPCSOverview.htm|Online interactive edition of a AP Comp Sci A Study Guide]]
+   -[[Bounce Example]]
-  -[[http://www.skylit.com/beprepared-java.html|Litvin's "Be Prepared for The APCS" Study Guide]]
+   -[[Shooting Example]]
-  -[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG_U12uqRhE|Pair Programming Video]]
-  -[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrqcN5EF3t0&feature=related|Extreme Programming]]
-  -[[http://www.youtube.com/user/MrDeathJockey?feature=watch|DeathJockey Tutorials]] are great if you learn well by watching someone writing code.
-=====Final Project Games====
-Here are some executable games written in 2019:
-  * {{ :castle_siege.jar |Castle Siege by James}}
+===== My 2025+ Labs =====
-  * {{ :castle_siege.zip |Source Code for Castle Siege}}
-  * {{ :elevator_game.jar |Elevator Game by Giuseppe}}
-  * {{ :f_zero.jar |F ZERO by Liam}}
-  * {{ :f_zero.zip |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/]]
+  - [[ 20 Questions ]] (read/write files)
-=====Quotes=====
+  - [[Color Difference]] (2D Arrays)
-  -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."
+  - [[Credit Card Numbers]] (Loops Unit 2.7)
-  -There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
+  - [[Neighbors]] (2D Arrays)
-  -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.