A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms

What’s in This Book?

As you may have guessed, this book talks quite a bit about data structures and algorithms. But more specifically, the book is laid out as follows:

In Chapter 1, ​Why Data Structures Matter​ and Chapter 2, ​Why Algorithms Matter​, we explain what data structures and algorithms are, and explore the concept of time complexity—which is used to determine how efficient an algorithm is. In the process, we also talk a great deal about arrays, sets, and binary search.

In Chapter 3, ​Oh Yes! Big O Notation​, we unveil Big O Notation and explain it in terms that my grandmother could understand. We’ll use this notation throughout the book, so this chapter is pretty important.

In Chapter 4, ​Speeding Up Your Code with Big O​, Chapter ...