Algorithms in Python – Full Course for Beginners
Offered By: freeCodeCamp
Course Description
Overview
Syllabus
⌨️ Intro & course overview
⌨️ Factorials refresher
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Factorial program using iteration, recursion
⌨️ What is a permutation?
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Recursive permutation
⌨️ Iterative permutation example
⌨️ 8/N queens problem: theory & explanation
⌨️ Real world example of permutations
⌨️ Lesson recap
⌨️ What are data structures?
⌨️ What is a one-dimensional array?
⌨️ Search & sort
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Linear search
⌨️ Binary search
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Iterative binary search
⌨️ Coding a recursive binary search
⌨️ Bubble sort
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Bubble sort
⌨️ Insertion sort
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Insertion sort
⌨️ Linked lists
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Linked list traverse, search, add, delete, header, nodes, tail
⌨️ Hash tables
⌨️ Lesson recap
⌨️ Divide & conquer algorithm paradigm: uses, benefits and more
⌨️ Merge sort
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: An efficient merge sort
⌨️ Getting judged mercilessly on LeetCode
⌨️ Getting Python to do the work for us with sorted
⌨️ Matrix multiplication
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Matrix multiplication
⌨️ Strassen algorithm
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Strassen algorithm
⌨️ Lesson recap
⌨️ What is a greedy algorithm?
⌨️ Assign mice to holes conceptual overview
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Assign mice to holes
⌨️ Fractional knapsack
⌨️ Understanding the fractional knapsack problem with a light-hearted dystopian apocalypse example
⌨️ Coding challenge prep
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Fractional knapsack
⌨️ Egyptians fractions
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Egyptian fractions
⌨️ Lesson recap
⌨️ What is dynamic programming also called DP?
⌨️ What is the principle of optimality?
⌨️ The 3-step process to solving a problem with optimal substructure
⌨️ Introduction to “ugly numbers”
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Ugly numbers
⌨️ Traveling salesman problem TSP
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Traveling salesman problem
⌨️ Palindromic matrix paths
⌨️ CODING CHALLENGE: Palindromic matrix paths
⌨️ Lesson recap
⌨️ Course wrap up and the importance of coding every day
Taught by
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