A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms: Level Up Your Core Programming Skills
Author: Jay Wengrow (Author)
Publisher finelybook 出版社: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Edition 版次: 1st
Publication Date 出版日期: 2017-09-12
Language 语言: English
Print Length 页数: 222 pages
ISBN-10: 1680502441
ISBN-13: 9781680502442
Book Description
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Algorithms and data structures are much more than abstract concepts. Mastering them enables you to write code that runs faster and more efficiently, which is particularly important for today’s web and mobile apps. This book takes a practical approach to data structures and algorithms, with techniques and real-world scenarios that you can use in your daily production code. Graphics and examples make these computer science concepts understandable and relevant. You can use these techniques with any language; examples in the book are in JavaScript, Python, and Ruby.
Use Big O notation, the primary tool for evaluating algorithms, to measure and articulate the efficiency of your code, and modify your algorithm to make it faster. Find out how your choice of arrays, linked lists, and hash tables can dramatically affect the code you write. Use recursion to solve tricky problems and create algorithms that run exponentially faster than the alternatives. Dig into advanced data structures such as binary trees and graphs to help scale specialized applications such as social networks and mapping software. You’ll even encounter a single keyword that can give your code a turbo boost. Jay Wengrow brings to this book the key teaching practices he developed as a web development bootcamp founder and educator.
Use these techniques today to make your code faster and more scalable.
Review
At university, the “Data Structures and Algorithms” course was one of the driest in the curriculum; it was only later that I realized what a key topic it is. As a software developer, you must know this stuff. This book is a readable introduction to the topic that omits the obtuse mathematical notation common in many course texts. – Nigel Lowry, Company Director & Principal Consultant, Lemmata
Whether you are new to software development or a grizzled veteran, you will really enjoy and benefit from (re-)learning the foundations. Jay Wengrow presents a very readable and engaging tour through basic data structures and algorithms that will benefit every software developer. – Kevin Beam, Software Engineer, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado Boulder
