Objectives

This Course Framework teaches Java, College Boards 10 Units of AP Computer Science A, and Web Site application development together in an integrated fashion. The purpose is to teach Java College Board requirements while adding frameworks that meet Career Technical Education (CTE) needs. The outcome is preparing the High School student for the AP Test and simultaneously building the skills required for Computer Science internships and beyond.

Blogs

  • Free Response Question No. 1

    The focus of the week is preparing for the first type of FRQ question tested by College Board. A great deal of energy should be spent on researching and preparing a lesson on the Methods and Control Structures topic.

    Sep 12, 2022

  • Agile Methodology

    The Agile methodology helps bring out all the good characteristics in group development. The sociology of how an individual and group of individuals work in a Scrum Team using Agile methodology is a key development skill. Often interview questions focus on the processes of how you work on code.

    Sep 12, 2022

  • Iteration with 2D Array

    Focus is on iteration. This example uses 2D array with simple ASCII art. The idea of this example was to incorporate ASCII art with a nursery rhyme.

    Sep 12, 2022

  • Focus and Habits

    A Yale Professor on Successful People. The psychology of the individual is often considered the key to success. This is about analyzing those who are successful and applying those traits to ourself.

    Sep 5, 2022

  • AWS Deployment Guide

    Description of key methods process used to deploy a Spring/Java website; AWS EC2, Docker, docker-compose, and Nginx

    Sep 5, 2022

  • Fastpages local server

    Serving Fastpages locally using Docker. This allows local machine testing of each change of code without the delay of GitHub Actions.

    Sep 5, 2022

  • Boolean Expressions and If Statements

    Focus on Ifs, Switch, Expressions and how to build control structures in Java.

    Sep 5, 2022

  • Java Spring Backend

    The Spring Framework is the backend Java development platform that provides comprehensive support for Java applications. Spring handles the complicated infrastructure problems so students can focus on the purpose of your application. Spring Boot is a micro Service that is used to build stand-alone application.

    Sep 5, 2022

  • Backend Development

    At this point you should be in the development groove, using tools,and understanding the basic of Java. This week students will formerly learn control structures, which should be easy. Thus, we will start looking deeper at backend development, spring, and deployment.

    Sep 5, 2022

  • Using Objects

    Learn the relationship between a Class and an Object. A Class is a template for an Object. An Object is an instances of a Class. Learning can be done in different methods and different order. This article illustrates multiple methods and learnings obtained using different approaches.

    Aug 29, 2022

  • Console Games

    These console games show many elements from College Board's Units

    Aug 29, 2022

  • Using Objects

    Don't do it alone. 4 person grading. Think about what you need to accomplish in the Trimester based off of what you know, what you have reviewed, and what you think you need to learn to be successful in the class. Create a Blog or Issue, Brainstorm with Team and/or Pair a couple of times in a week, and start the Iterative Development process. Use the Blog or Issus as your final Review Ticket.

    Aug 29, 2022

  • Fastpages via GitHub Pages

    Tour of Fastpages. GitHub Pages and Fastpages can change the way you think about information management. Jupyter notebooks is changing the way people analyze data. GH pages publishes and deploys a web site for free. Fastpages provides amazing indexing and tagging capabilities. Tech transforms the way people think, why would you want to use paper?

    Aug 22, 2022

  • Fastpages Darkmode

    An implementation of the darkmode for GitHub Fastpages.

    Aug 22, 2022

  • Bash and Installation Checks

    A brief overview of Bash, on your way to becoming a Linux expert. When a computer boots up, a kernel (MacOS, Windows, Linux) is started. This kernel provides a shell that allows user to interact with a most basic set of commands. Typically, the casual user will not interact with the shell using a Desktop User Interface. To activate the shell directly, users will run a "terminal", "command", "powershell" through the Desktop, VS Code or by activating "console" while on a cloud computer like AWS.

    Aug 22, 2022