<p>I'm wondering which book to choose among barron, princeton, mcgraw-hill, Skylighy Publishing?</p>
<p>Which one do you usually use or your teacher recommend?
Thanks.</p>
<p>I used Barrons to study from and Litvin’s Be Prepared for the AP Computer Science Exam for practice.</p>
<p>Hahaha. For AP Computer Science, you only need Java and this website: [The</a> Java Tutorials](<a href=“JDK 22 Documentation - Home”>The Java™ Tutorials) I barely even used my textbook, and practiacally everything in my textbook is in there.</p>
<p>javabat.com</p>
<p>//end of story</p>
<p>barrons .</p>
<p>oh yeah javabat is useful too.</p>
<p>"Hahaha. For AP Computer Science, you only need Java and this website: The Java Tutorials I barely even used my textbook, and practiacally everything in my textbook is in there. :</p>
<p>No. Most new programming students heads would explode if they were told to visit the Sun Microsystems Java Tutorials. The APCS test only covers a small small subset of the Java language. In addition, you will need to be familiar with the Gridworld project which is NOT anywhere in the Sun Java tutorials.</p>
<p>As a APCS teacher with seven years experience, the Barron’s book is probably the best. They do a good job only reviewing material within the subset so you can focus. They have a bunch of tests and you can score yourself on the free response.</p>
<p>I have an open enrollment class at [AP</a> Computer Science Online Course by HSCompSci.com](<a href=“http://course.hscompsci.com%5DAP”>http://course.hscompsci.com). If you need any help preparing, please visit that site or [AP</a> High School Computer Science Assistance](<a href=“http://www.hscompsci.com%5DAP”>http://www.hscompsci.com).</p>
<p>Is the AP Comp Sci exam easy to self-study for?</p>
<p>Not if you go in looking at the website… Bad advice. You’re going to want a teacher or at least Barron’s. Then you can hit up the net for Java tutorials and crap.</p>
<p>38% percent of students flunked the APCS A exam last year. (i.e. they got a score of a one or two out of five). So no it’s not an easy exam. [Here</a> are the stats if you want to look at them.](<a href=“http://www.hscompsci.com/component/content/article/1-programmingcategoryalias/16-is-the-apcs-exam-easy-no.html]Here”>http://www.hscompsci.com/component/content/article/1-programmingcategoryalias/16-is-the-apcs-exam-easy-no.html)</p>
<p>It’s easy if you actually understand computer programming, but too many people (like 2/3s of my computer science class) take the test w/o understanding this</p>