A common-sense guide to data structures and algorithms : level up your core programming skills / Jay Wengrow.

By:

Wengrow, Jay [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781680507225

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DDC classification:

005.7/3 23

LOC classification:

QA76.9.D35 W46 2017

Contents:

Why Data Structures Matter -- Why Algorithms Matter -- Oh Yes! Big O Notation -- Speeding Up Your Code with Big O -- Optimizing Code with and Without Big O -- Optimizing for Optimistic Scenarios -- Blazing Fast Lookup with Hash Tables -- Crafting Elegant Code with Stacks and Queues -- Recursively Recurse with Recursion -- Recursive Algorithms for Speed -- Node-Based Data Structures -- Speeding Up All the Things with Binary Trees -- Connecting Everything with Graphs -- Dealing with Space Constraints

Summary: 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. -- Provided by publisher.Summary: If you last saw algorithms in a university course or at a job interview, you're missing out on what they can do for your code. Learn different sorting and searching techniques, and when to use each.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	Non-fiction	QA76.9.D35 W46 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.1	Available		27346
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	Non-fiction	QA76.9.D35 W46 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.2	Available		27347

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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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. -- Provided by publisher.

If you last saw algorithms in a university course or at a job interview, you're missing out on what they can do for your code. Learn different sorting and searching techniques, and when to use each.