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AP Exam Prep Books

Sometimes you just want another voice to help explain a tough concept. These books can help with that.

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Quote of the day for Jekyll site

Last week I wanted to add a quote of the day to a Jekyll site, but since it's a static site it had to be JavaScript. Here's the code I used.

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Linking MS Teams Chat to Canvas

Quick and easy trick to link Microsoft Teams Chat to Canvas

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The Door Principle

The door principle helps you control what you can and let what you can't go

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9 Coding Fonts you probably haven't seen before

Looking for a new coding font to try? Here's a handful of programming fonts that you may not have seen before, ready to download.

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Big-O in 100 Seconds

Learn the basics of Big-O in 100 seconds, less time than it takes to make a cup of coffee.

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How video games affect your brain

Great TED talk about how playing video games affects your brain. It's probably not what you think.

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Rocketbook QR Codes

A few weeks ago I spent some time trying to decode the Rocketbook QR codes. Didn't have much luck, but here's what I've found so far.

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Lightboard Solution

Lightboard from the 2019 CompSci AP-A FRQ has you working with a 2d-array.

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Delimiters Solution

Delimiters is a problem where you're working with an ArrayList of strings.

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2019 AP FRQ Solutions

In 2019 the CompSci AP-A exam had you solve the FRQs APCalendar, Delimiters, Light Board, and Step Tracker.

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