AP Computer Science

[Agent766]

So next year I'll be taking AP Computer Science. It is a college level class and I was hoping you guys could tell me what to expect.

The website's description leaves a lot to be desired. It doesn't even specify a language. If it is C++ this'll be a breeze. What should I be expecting?

[Soda']

guarantee you it'll be Java, they wouldn't teach anything to do with memory management in a high-school level class

idk how much the AP program has changed in 2 years but the majority of the ones I took were really dumb and not really "college level" even when touted to be

[URL]http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap-computer-science-course-description.pdf[/URL]

[quote]Current offerings of the AP Computer Science A Exam require the use of Java.
Those sections of the exam that require the reading or writing of actual programs will
use Java. The exam will not include all the features of Java; it will be consistent with the
AP Java subset (see Appendix A). The AP Java subset can be found in the Computer
Science section of AP Central (apcentral.collegeboard.com). Students who study a
language other than Java during an AP Computer Science A course will need
to be prepared to use standard Java, as specified in the AP Java subset, on
the AP Computer Science A Exam.[/quote]

[quote]2. Consider the following code segment.
List<String> list 5 new ArrayList<String>();
list.add("P");
list.add("Q");
list.add("R");
list.set(2, "s");
list.add(2, "T");
list.add("u");
System.out.println(list);
What is printed as a result of executing the code segment?
(a) [P, Q, R, s, T]
(b) [P, Q, s, T, u]
(c) [P, Q, T, s, u]
(d) [P, T, Q, s, u]
(e) [P, T, s, R, u][/quote]

uhh seems like a joke from the course outline have fun with an easy A in pretty much the easiest language

[dag10]

APCS is fucking easy if you already have some programming experience (especially with OOP). It'll especially be a breeze for you if you already know a good amount of Java, C#, or C++.

[W00tbeer1]

AP Computer Science A is in Java.

[andersonmat]

[QUOTE=W00tbeer1;26305421]AP Computer Science A is in Java.[/QUOTE]

I think AB is also Java.

[dag10]

My APCSA teacher said that the college board dropped AB or something like that.

Or maybe it was that the school dropped AB and now only has A...

Oh, and also ignore soda's dumb rating on me. We seem to be in a cardboard box throwing war.

[thegrb93]

I hated java in compsci. Even compsci competitions were hardly computer science as they were knowing the java language which pissed me off. Although I still placed in the top 3 many times. My independent study this year is much better now that I am able to use whatever language I want. The only helpful things I've learned from it are programming techniques, algorithms, and garbage collection. The real shit is in C and C++.