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Posted by Kristin Jones
Kristin Jones
12,217 Points

Further Resources?

Would Sedgewick's "Algorithms" book be a good resource for delving deeper into data structures and algorithms after I complete the Java Programming Track? Or, is there some intermediate material I should study before focusing on algorithms? I notice that all of Sedgewick's text's sample code focuses on Java implementations so I'm wondering if it's a good "next step" or whether I should look for something less weighty before attempting it.

Eventually, I'm planning on progressing into the Android Development track but I do want to really have a solid Java foundation and I enjoy knowing precisely how everything works and optimizing where possible. I'm also interested in working through exercises (and joining competitions) on sites like hackerrank.com and codingame.com and think a solid foundation in algorithms would serve me well for that.

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Maciej Torbus
Maciej Torbus
8,137 Points
Maciej Torbus
Maciej Torbus
8,137 Points

Hi Kristin,

I had course "Algorithms and Data Structures" last semester at my university. I think you won't be dissapointed with Sedgewick's book. You may also find Cormen's book intresting. It provides pseude-code, so you could practice turning some of those algorithms into java on your own. We used mostly this book, where code is in Java. I liked their explanations.

If you prefer some other way of learning, I watched some videos on this youtube channel - Data structures and Sorting algorithms playlists are cool, but you can also take a look at Big O or some other stuff. You don't have to be unhappy that it's all in C/C++. You need to understand the idea, forget the language.

Don't be overwhelmed. Watch this great video about quick-sort and observe how people are awesome!

Feel free to contact me any time!