Grokking Algorithms

Preface

I first got into programming as a hobby. Visual Basic 6 for Dummies taught me the basics, and I kept reading books to learn more. But the subject of algorithms was impenetrable for me. I remember savoring the table of contents of my first algorithms book, thinking “I’m finally going to understand these topics!” But it was dense stuff, and I gave up after a few weeks. It wasn’t until I had my first good algorithms professor that I realized how simple and elegant these ideas were.

A few years ago, I wrote my first illustrated blog post. I’m a visual learner, and I really liked the illustrated style. Since then, I’ve written a few illustrated ...