What's Going On? January 24th through January 27th

Thought for the Week

AP Computer Science Principles

As we begin our second semester, we will continue on with our study of "Data Diligence".  This week's
focus will be on incorporating graphic elements into our Python code using a platform called Tkinter.  We will also take a look at some ways to make our code a little more robust.  For example, if we write a program where the user is required to enter a number, and then enter a letter, we can catch that error and address it rather than allowing our program to crash and end.  Along with this week, students will tackle the formative work with Activity 2.1.4: Design the User Experience and Activity 2.1.5: Securing Sloppy Code.

App Development 1

Welcome to the exciting world of App Development!  In this class, students learn how to create apps for
Apple Devices using the Swift programming language.  This is an introductory class where students get to start coding right away!  We will use the XCode platform in order to create our apps. Students will get to try their hand at design as well as programming when we tell the program what it needs to do and how to do it.  One of the first apps that we will tackle is a basic flashlight app.  Through this app, students will become familiar with some of the tools available in our XCode platform.

App Development 2

Welcome back, App Developers!  This class is the follow-up course to App Development 1.  

In this second semester class, we will tackle more advanced topics such as TableViews, Maps, and some gaming elements.  There are some exciting things happening in the world of Swift and a new implementation of the language is coming onto the scene.  SwiftUI is a new way to take a look at the coding language.  We will start off this week by dabbling a little bit with some introductory topics to get students working together and communicating as we start off the semester.