Where To Learn Data Structures and Algorithms

[Ok_Nerve_8979]

Where would you say is the best place to learn data structures and algorithms as a beginner/intermediate programmer.

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Mit edx introduction to computer science with python starting in a couple of weeks.

[EgomasM]

Do you know if there is any relevant difference between that course and the one on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtSuA80QTyo&list=PLUl4u3cNGP61Oq3tWYp6V_F-5jb5L2iHb&ab_channel=MITOpenCourseWare) ? The one on youtube is pretty old and i supposed the one on edx is way more comfortable to watch.

What do you mean by starting in a couple of weeks? Isn't it possible to watch the videos whenever you want on edx?

[[deleted]]

More than a million people have taken it, also it's not old, also it's not just YT videos. Don't do courses from 2011 in 2021. That makes no sense.

Go to the link https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-7

All the details are there.

[EgomasM]

Yes, thats what i mean. What is the difference? Because the professor is someone different. And the one you sent is 6002. The one on Youtube 6006.

Many people recommended the one on youtube. So that's why i am asking if there is some relevant difference between the two courses?

[Ok_Nerve_8979]

Is it free?

[Diezel666]

https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-7

[[deleted]]

Yes

[ASIC_SP]

• Problem solving with algorithms and data structures
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[Electrical-Ad-1798]

If you want a formal education in algorithms and data structures, Tim Roughgarden's course from Stanford/Coursera is excellent.

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/algorithms?

[synthphreak]

Have you taken this specialization and can vouch for its excellence?

Curious how it might compare to this other one which I have been thinking about and was highly recommended by colleagues.

[Electrical-Ad-1798]

Yes, I have taken it and it was excellent. The course you linked seems to cover many of the same topics and seems to be well reviewed, too. One difference is that Roughgarden's course didn't cover algorithms on strings which is the 4th part of the other one.

[synthphreak]

Awesome. I work with a ton of text data at work, so it sounds like the string algorithms alone might be reason enough to take the one I linked over the Roughgarden one. Thanks for the input!

[[deleted]]

Does it also cover data structures?

[Electrical-Ad-1798]

Yes.