AP Computer Science A

Develop the skills required to write programs or parts of programs to correctly solve specific problems. You will learn design techniques to make programs understandable, adaptable, and reusable.

Major Concepts:

Primitive Types

• Installing Java
• Installing the BlueJ IDE
• Stylish Java
• Order of Operations
• Printing Arithmetic Expressions
• Primitive Data Type: ints and doubles
• Arithmetic Expressions
• Primitive Data Type Conversions
• Pitfalls, Surprises, and Shortcuts

Using Objects

• Pseudocode
• The Java API
• Primitive Data Types: char
• String Objects Lite
• String Class Methods: The Basics
• Scanner Class Methods
• Parsing
• Calling Methods in Java

Boolean Expressions and if Statements

• Number Systems
• Primitive Data Types: booleans
• Condition Statements: if
• Condition Statements: if-else
• Condition Statements: if-else-if
• Comparing Strings
• Logical Operator

Iteration

• While Loops
• Reading Text Files
• For Loops
• Nested Loops
• Writing Text Files

Writing Classes

• Defining New Static Methods
• Objects
• Instances of a Class
• Default Constructors
• Constructors with Parameters
• Overloading Methods and Using Two Classes
• Constructing Multiple Objects
• Programming Ethics and Security

Arrays

• Formatting Output
• The for-each Loop
• Arrays of Objects

Array List

• Array Lists
• Traversals Lesson
• Replacements Lesson
• Insertions Lesson
• Deletions Lesson
• Insertion Sort
• Selection Sort

2D Array

• Sequential Search
• Binary Search

Inheritance

• Extending Classes
• Class Hierarchies
• Polymorphism
• Overriding Methods
• Design Strategy: Iterative and Incremental
• Class Variables and Constants

Recursion

• Divide et Impera
• Real-World Recursion
• The Recursive Leap of Faith
• Recursive Strings and Things