Fun with Tries
I'm a fan of tries. I can't claim that I've used them in practice, but I wish I had. They're super! Common uses: substring search spell »
Computing Convex Hull in Python
Geometric algorithms involve questions that would be simple to solve by a human looking at a chart, but are complex because there needs to be an »
Important: Pick One Language for the Coding Interview
I wanted to clarify the programming language requirement for the interview. I was under the impression that I needed C++ or Java to do the interview, »
Dijkstra's Algorithm in Python 3
Greed is good. And Dijkstra's algorithm is greedy. Dijkstra's algorithm not only calculates the shortest (lowest weight) path on a graph from source vertex S to »
So Much Sorting
I put on my sorting hat and watched many, many videos on sorting. The videos covered: bubble sort selection sort insertion sort heap sort merge sort »
Working on a Quick Flash Card Site
I've been studying for quite a while now, and even though I coded up data structures like crazy, I feel the knowledge fading. What I want »
Spending a Couple Days on Hashing Functions
In my study of data structures, I've made it to hash tables. I'm spending a little extra time on this one, because there is some math »
Linked Lists Complete
I ended up with 2 implementations of linked lists in C, an object-oriented approach in C++ (with templates!), and followed up with a smaller OO implementation »
Course Review: 6.00.1x: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python
This is the first of a few reviews I'll be posting of online courses available. 6.00.1x: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python »