Ask HN: Recommended course/website/book to learn data structure and algorithms

3 points by strikeX 8y ago ↗ HN

I am a full-time Android developer who does most of his programming work in Java. I am a non CS graduate so didn't study Data structure and algorithms course in university so I am not familiar with this subject which is hindering my prospect of getting better programming jobs. There are so many resources out there on this subject that I am unable to decide which one is the best for my case. Could someone please point me out in the right direction. Thanks.

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sidcool 8y ago ↗

Steven Skiena is quite good. Practical and not too much into the Math. CLRS is good for reference.

westurner 8y ago ↗

Data Structure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_structure

Algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm

Big O notation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_O_notation

Big-O Cheatsheet: http://bigocheatsheet.com

Coding Interview University > Data Structures: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university/blob/...

OSSU: Open Source Society University > Core CS > Core Theory > "Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part I" [&2] https://github.com/ossu/computer-science/blob/master/README....

"Algorithms, 4th Edition" (2011; Sedgewick, Wayne): https://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/

westurner 8y ago ↗

Complexity Zoo > Petting Zoo (P, NP,): https://complexityzoo.uwaterloo.ca/Petting_Zoo

westurner 8y ago ↗

While perusing awesome-awesomeness [1], I found awesome-algorithms [2] , algovis [3], and awesome-big-o [4].

[1] https://github.com/bayandin/awesome-awesomeness

[2] https://github.com/tayllan/awesome-algorithms

[3] https://github.com/enjalot/algovis

[4] https://github.com/okulbilisim/awesome-big-o