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Suggest me a book on algorithms (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago by notTheCat@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev
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I am a fresh software engineering graduate and I am looking for something to improve my problem solving skills, while I did learn about basic algorithms and data structures, I feel like I could learn further more, I know about big O, fast sorting algorithms, dynamic programming, backtracking, binary trees (Although I do not think I know everything about them), I also know about low level memory concepts.

I am sure I forgot to mention some of the stuff I also know about, but I hope the ones I mentioned give a good insights on where I should move onto next.

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[–] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I agree, and here's a few different avenues of examples:

  1. If trying to get past interviews, Leet code and hacker rank can be great. They're not so great for real world problems, but not bad.

  2. Advent of code is a good middle ground between theory and practice in my opinion.

  3. To really learn real world problem solving, I'd recommend implement a specification, without looking at existing implementations. For example, make a basic regex engine (formal Regular Expressions not PCRE expressions), or try to implement the C Preprocessor, or the JS event loop.