Algorithms and Data Structures 1/2

Now you need to study algorithms and data structures, again with increasing complexity, specifically from Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) courses.
Two main groups to focus on:
Basic data structures – lists, stacks, queues, sets, hash tables, dictionaries
Trees and graphs (we'll get back to these later)
There's a huge amount of paid and free materials, and many video lessons online.
Again - it's up to you, you can learn however you want, especially if you'll do it through thinking-through-writing - good luck and have fun cracking your brain!
If you want to save your time, here's an excellent and rock-solid plan.
Buy two books:
"Cracking the Coding Interview" by McDowell (latest edition)
"Programming Interviews Exposed" by Mongan
Study algorithm:
Study a topic from the book
Go practice it on Codewars:
Select relevant tags (Linked Lists, Binary Trees, Sets, etc.)
Focus on 5-6 kyu difficulty
Solve all available problems in each category
Also upload solutions to GitHub, in the same or separate repository. If you write notes through thinking-through-writing or maintain a blog about covered materials - you'll be amazed at how quickly you progress in understanding data structures and programming.
⚠️ Attention! When you've studied basic data structures, continue following the learning plan, we'll return to trees and more complex algorithms later. ⚠️
Answer to a possible question:
Hey Ivan, what about leetcode/neetcode?
Oh you are a nerd aren't you? What are you doing here?

LeetCode and NeetCode are good for practicing algorithms and data structures - you can definitely use them instead of Codewars. You may use any platform, just follow the book and solve problems to study each topic well.
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