Study.com Data Structures Review

[armstrongsubero]

@bliebooger They record you taking the exam. Nope the only algorithm to create from scratch was the bubble sort for a 2 dimensional array.

It was a very realisitic assigmnent more about understanding what the data strucutres are and when to use them like hash maps, trees, arrays etc. Whoever came up with it has real world experience. In the real world its about knowing when to use which data structure than implementing it from scratch.

Like most coding assignments in college its a take home that you submit.

I say the course was good because it focused on using data structures and their characteristics more than implementing it yourself. Most modern programming languages have functions for creating almost any data structure you will need in real world programming.

The course did cover how you would create your own and give code examples throughout for everything. I really cant see someone who knew nothing coming out with no more knowledge. It also focused havily on BigO, which I think was awesome.

And I despise that word 'coding'. For me 'coding' is cutting and pasting 'code'. I think about code monkeys and those stupid 'web coders' who dont know the differnce between integration and a program counter. I aslo think about that 'everyone can code'. Its so deragatory to call someone a 'coder'. Yuck. Such poor taste.