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Have students write methods that perform tasks of a standard music player in Java to give them practice manipulating data structures in a familiar context.

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  • This assignment can be implemented earlier in a student’s CS career using arrays, or later on using stacks and queues.
  • For a detailed explanation of this assignment, visit Stanford’s nifty assignment page.

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  • Data Structures
  • Meaningful and Relevant Content
  • CS 1
  • Intro Programming
  • CS 2
  • Java
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Stanford Nifty Assignment by Allison Obourn and Marty Stepp.
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