AP Computer Science A

Video Tutorials

• Unit 1 Overview (Data Types, Variables, Operators, Conditionals)
• Unit 2 Overview
• Unit 3 Overview
• Unit 4 Overview
• Unit 5 Overview

AP CS A Basics: 

• The Java Language 
• Integrated Development Environment (IDE): Setting up IntelliJ Instructions
• Imperative vs. Declarative Program Design (Java will contain elements of both)

Big Idea 1: Organization of Data

• Abstraction
• Flow of Control/Execution (Runestone)
• Primitive Data Structures [Java Code Snippets]
• Base Conversions
• Base Conversions Practice
• Base Conversions Coding Assignment
• Input/Output
• How to create a jar file in IntelliJ (External Link)
• Strings [Java Code Snippets]
• Classes 
• Lists 
• Arrays (1-dimensional and 2-dimensional) 
• Example Project: Minesweeper in Java (Advanced)
• Minesweeper JAR File
• Quick Quiz 1

Big Idea 2: Standard Algorithms

• Operations on Data Structures
• Search Algorithms
• Sort Algorithms
• Quick Quiz 2

Big Idea 3: Program and Class Design

• Problem Analysis
• Data encapsulation
• Class specifications, interface specifications, relationships ("is-a," "has-a"), and extension using interface
• Code reuse
• Data representation and algorithms
• Linear and Quadratic Regressions Problem
• Functional Decomposition
• Quick Quiz 3

Big Idea 4: Program Implementation

• Implementation Techniques
• Programming Constructs
• Java Library Classes
• Quick Quiz 4

Big Idea 5: Program Analysis

• Testing
• Debugging
• Runtime Exceptions
• Program Correctness
• Algorithm Analysis
• Numerical Representation of Integers
• Quick Quiz 5

Big Idea 6: Computing in Context

• System Reliability
• Privacy
• Legal Issues and Intellectual Property
• Social and Ethical ramifications of computer use
• AP CS A handout on ethical computer use
• Quick Quiz 6

AP CS A Labs:

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For the Test

• AP CS A Java Quick Reference 
• Advice for Students: Writing Code on the AP CS A Exam