Learn data structures and algorithms by writing code.

Dempsey — Mon, 16 May 2022 17:34:32 +0000

The title may seem obvious but when learning data structures and algorithms, I find it hard to understand most of them just by reading about the characteristics and what they do.

I am currently taking the CS course on Codecademy and when they teach data structures they teach you the Conceptual of it and then how it is implemented in a programming language (in this case python). E.g:

And I know some people may not be able to afford courses which is okay, if you know how to find what you need to learn. So you can use YouTube (or some other free learning resources) to do so.

So if you are learning data structures online I recommend when learning about Linked Lists (or any other structure or algorithm) that you actually implement one in the programming language you want. By doing so it will help you understand them much easier.

How I learned the basics of Git/GitHub.

Dempsey — Sat, 14 May 2022 09:59:49 +0000

I needed to know the basics of Git and GitHub so I decided to do a simple Python project. The project is a CLI hangman game that lets you pick from a range of themes.

I didn't want to do a really hard project to start off with because I knew it wouldn't help me learn Git and GitHub very well since I would get lost and wouldn't know what to do most of the time.

The project is here: https://github.com/DempseyNewton/Hangman-Python. I didn't use branches or anything like that because I wanted to save that for a project that has a variety of uses.

In conclusion, this project really helped me understand and use the absolute basics of Git and GitHub.

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Learn data structures and algorithms by writing code.

How I learned the basics of Git/GitHub.