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

  • 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

  • Innovation - Pair Focus

    Innovation is a time to explore, dream, and learn to code. Think about College Board, Personal interests, and Teacher expectations.

    Aug 22, 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

  • Student Scoring on AP Exam

    History of student scores on exam using results from 2022, 2021, and 2020. Teacher provides insight and history on successes and failures.

    Aug 15, 2022

  • Introduction and Tools

    Introduction to the year. Introduce Real World projects, philosophies, and objectives of the class. Immerse into Development Tools.

    Aug 15, 2022

  • GUI with WSL

    How to set up an X11 server to have a GUI run from WSL

    Aug 15, 2022

  • Tools and Equipment

    Tools and equipment have changed lives, look at the mobile phone. Tools, equipment, with the addition of coding can make you immensely more successful in any field.

    Aug 15, 2022

  • VSCode Download with WSL

    Instructions for Windows users on how to use VSCode with WSL in order to add a Linux-based development.

    Aug 15, 2022

  • UCSD Code.org Workshop Notes

    Primary focus of workshop is to provide a Curriculum Guide and overview of Code.org materials. Code.org is a proprietary educational platform. My philosophy is free and real world tools.

    Jul 29, 2022

  • Calculator Starters

    A common way to become familiar with a language is to build a calculator. This calculator shows off button with actions.

    Jul 19, 2022

  • JavaScript Tutorial

    Quick launch into Variables, Functions, Arrays, IJavaScript HTML, using Jupyter Notebooks

    Jul 19, 2022

  • Fetch of Covid19 data with RapidAPI

    An introductory example using Backend Java application serving 3rd Party RapidAPI. Fetching data and formatting results is a way to visualize information, in this case Covid19 statistics from across the Globe.

    Jul 10, 2022

  • Database CRUD Operations

    An advanced example of do database create, read, update, delete operations working asynchronously between JavaScript and a Java backend Database. This requires a set of Java RESTful API services for Get, Put, Delete, and Update.

    Jul 10, 2022

  • Fetch of Backend Jokes

    An introductory example of Frontend talking to Backend Java application serving jokes.

    Jul 10, 2022

  • Classic Snake Game

    A pretty advanced use of JavaScript building classic snake game using menu controls, key events, snake simulation and timers.

    Jul 8, 2022