Java syntax, object-oriented design, and a rigorous focus on tracing code by hand.

AP Computer Science A is taught and tested in Java and asks students to read code as much as to write it — roughly half of MCQs are 'what does this code print?' or 'what is the value of x after this loop?' problems. Students who only practice writing code from scratch consistently underperform on the MCQ section.

Our coverage devotes equal time to tracing exercises and to the FRQ method-implementation problems. We also include the array-of-objects and 2D-array problem types that appear on essentially every released exam and form the spine of the longest FRQs.