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• srcerer · Feb 17, 2012 · Recommends

  Itching to buy Skiena's book for the practical examples (after perusing what amazon would show me of it)! Another very accessible algorithms book I highly recommend is: http://hetland.org/writing/python-algorithms/

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• satyampujari · Sep 12, 2013 · Recommends

  Check these books: http://www.amazon.com/The-Algorithm-Design-Manual-ebook/dp/B... http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Pearls-2nd-Jon-Bentley/dp/... Prefer Python ? http://www.amazon.com/Python-Algorithms-Mastering-Language-E... http://www.amazon.com/Structures-Algorithms-Python-Michael-G...

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• niels · Feb 10, 2012 · Recommends

  …like you. I also have a CS degree, but after many years of doing web dev. I feel stupid. I have recently started buying books that teaches algorithmics in a more easy approach. I am currently reading "Python Algorithms: Mastering Basic Algorithms in the Python Language". I can't recommend it enough. Besides clearly explaining the basics, it helps you learn how to think about transforming naive solutions in to efficient…

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• stillworks · Oct 15, 2016 · Recommends

  …the language of the imaginary CPU which it uses. Also, there are other simply excellent texts on Algorithms which I personally found much more useful than TAOCP (in decreasing order of "easiness") - Python Algorithms - The Algorithm Design Manual - CLRS - Algorithms in Java (somehow I found CLRS easier to follow than this) - And then I found this recently, "Algorithms on Strings,Trees and Sequences: Computer Science…

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• huxley · Feb 25, 2011 · Mentions

  …it's not a big deal and you can help yourself by writing up a cheatsheet or googling for one. Practice and muscle memory helps. I haven't had a chance to check it out but there is a PacktPub book on Python algorithms which looks interesting: "Python Algorithms: Mastering Basic Algorithms in the Python Language" by Magnus Lie Hetland Good luck!

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• poof131 · Nov 30, 2012 · Mentions

  …but an understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object oriented programming could be considered important: http://www.amazon.com/Data-Structures-Algorithms-Using-Pytho... http://www.amazon.com/Python-Algorithms-Mastering-Language-E... http://www.amazon.com/Python-3-Object-Oriented-Programming/d... Although these and other intermediate to advanced topics tend to be covered better in non-language-specific books…

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• flyovert · Mar 14, 2014 · Mentions

  …what do you do to fix it. That seems like a reasonable question, but most books that explain it feel much more theoretical/academic. What is the best practical guide to data structures. I have Hetland's Python Algorithms, and it's helping, but I'm looking for supplements, something where I can imagine that the person is explaining it to me over the phone (like one has to do during a screen etc). Thanks.

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• Tenhundfeld · Feb 10, 2012 · Mentions

  …model. Can people recommend resources to help? Ideally these would be resources that focus on learning algorithms (or data structures), not teaching you how to program. One person already recommended "Python Algorithms: Mastering Basic Algorithms in the Python Language", which looks good. "Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy" also looks good but has mixed reviews. Are there other books? (Ideally not dry textbooks.) Free/inexpensive…

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