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🌻 Summer Prep Guide

The basics for Algorithms & Data structure

<aside> 💡 Browse through this to get an overview, then go to the online resources and start practicing!

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Python review: How to think like a computer scientist
- This is a good overview of Python, some of which you already know (eg. what is an array, a string, etc.) In which cases skip these sections, but do the exercises at the end of each chapter to consolidate the learning!
- Not needed: Section 13, 14, 15, 19
Python daily warmup: HackerRank
- It is nice to practice small questions every day to gain familiarity with Python and boost confident! 🌝
Standford Specialization: Divide and Conquer, Sorting and Searching, and Randomized Algorithms
- It is enough to finish until week 3, The QuickSort algorithm and its analysis; probability review.
- If the question is hard for you, read people's solutions
  - Example: Shuo Han
- If the class is hard to understand, look up youtube videos
  - Example: Abdul Bari
- Attention: This class will be more difficult than the actual CS110, it provides a strong foundation. Don't be frustrated if you cannot solve some problems 😉.
Datacamp: Object-Oriented Programming in Python
- We will heavily use this in later half of this course.
- Finish the first 2 chapters, OOP Fundamentals and Inheritance and Polymorphism is enough.