Visão Geral
O curso Data Structures and Algorithms in Python oferece uma abordagem prática e estruturada para aprender as principais estruturas de dados e algoritmos utilizando Python. Durante o treinamento, os participantes vão compreender como organizar, manipular e otimizar dados, desenvolver soluções eficientes e aplicar boas práticas de programação para problemas do mundo real.
Conteúdo Programatico
Module 1: Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms
- Understanding the importance of data structures and algorithms
- Big O notation: time and space complexity
- Python built-in data structures overview
- Problem-solving strategies for algorithmic thinking
Module 2: Arrays and Strings
- Array operations and manipulations
- Searching and sorting techniques
- Two-pointer and sliding window methods
- Common interview problems: subarrays, rotations, anagrams
Module 3: Linked Lists
- Singly, doubly, and circular linked lists
- Operations: insertion, deletion, reversal
- Fast and slow pointer techniques
- Cycle detection and practical exercises
Module 4: Stacks and Queues
- Implementing stacks and queues in Python
- Priority queues and heaps (heapq)
- Applications: BFS, expression evaluation, undo-redo functionality
- Monotonic stacks and sliding window problems
Module 5: Trees and Binary Search Trees
- Tree traversal: inorder, preorder, postorder, level order
- Binary Search Tree (BST) operations
- Recursion vs iteration in tree algorithms
- Solving common tree problems: LCA, diameter, depth
Module 6: Heaps, Hashing, and Sets
- Heap implementation and applications
- Python dictionaries and sets for efficient lookup
- Frequency counting and top-K problems
- Collision handling and hash-based solutions
Module 7: Graphs and Graph Algorithms
- Graph representation: adjacency list and matrix
- Breadth-First Search (BFS) and Depth-First Search (DFS)
- Shortest path algorithms: Dijkstra, Bellman-Ford
- Union-Find and connected components
Module 8: Sorting and Searching Algorithms
- Bubble, selection, insertion, merge, and quicksort
- Binary search and variations
- Search and sort in Python using built-in functions
- Performance analysis and optimization
Module 9: Advanced Algorithms
- Dynamic programming: memoization and tabulation
- Greedy algorithms and problem-solving patterns
- Divide and conquer strategies
- Backtracking: permutations, combinations, and subsets
Module 10: Practice and Mock Exercises
- Real-world coding problems and solutions
- Algorithm optimization and complexity analysis
- Mock coding interviews in Python
- Capstone project: end-to-end problem solving using multiple data structures