Ask HN: Algorithms Book Suggestions?

Posted by krishadi on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @07:11AM
from the ask-hn dept.

In the last years, I have transitioned to a full-stack developer. But, have never gotten any formal education as a software developer or a CS degree.

I have implemented many algorithms myself, later to find out that these have names and are formally thought to computer science students.

I am now very interested to learn some fundamental algorithm, and maybe even some advanced ones for implementing search, ML, data-structures.

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Re:Ask HN: Algorithms Book Suggestions? by Jtsummers on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:31AM (#32484146)

https://hackernewsbooks.com/search?q=algorithms - Books collected from numerous HN threads and comments. That's the list of algorithms (in the title) books that have been recommended in the past. Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen et al. is one I like, but I'm not sure how good it is for self-study. Algorithms by Sedgewick seems (from past discussions) more highly recommended for self-study, but I've never looked at it.

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Re:Ask HN: Algorithms Book Suggestions? by krishadi on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:55PM (#32487988)

Awesome! Thanks.

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Re:Ask HN: Algorithms Book Suggestions? by tanganian on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @08:26AM (#32481907)

I'm also learning on my own, I don't have a particular book but a course to suggest: https://sp21.datastructur.es/. It's pretty good for a first encounter.

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Re:Ask HN: Algorithms Book Suggestions? by krishadi on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:56PM (#32487997)

Is there a reason you are learning it now?

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Re:Ask HN: Algorithms Book Suggestions? by tanganian on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:28AM (#32492973)

Prep for LeetCode in order to pass interviews (self-taught).

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