Show HN: Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript

gargarplex wrote: post #3

Can you turn this into an interactive thing like Duolingo where you grind through the exercises? Much needed in the developer community... PS. If anyone else is interested in building this, happy to collab!

Agreed. Sites like HackerRank are great for learning test taking but are not optimized for learning the underlying material. Would like to see modern human language learning techniques applied to small data structures and algorithms exercises.

Re: Show HN: Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript

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Post by brianzelip » Wed, Aug 07, 2019, 2:49 PM UTC

Off topic, but nice use of `` & `` elements in the README!

Re: Show HN: Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript

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Post by x0hm » Wed, Aug 07, 2019, 2:52 PM UTC

Hmm, it seems like you made this repo to sell a book.

Re: Show HN: Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript

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Post by upheaval7276 » Wed, Aug 07, 2019, 2:55 PM UTC

x0hm wrote: post #6

Hmm, it seems like you made this repo to sell a book.

and?

Re: Show HN: Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript

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Post by lorenzhs » Wed, Aug 07, 2019, 3:01 PM UTC

upheaval7276 wrote: post #7

x0hm wrote: post #6

Hmm, it seems like you made this repo to sell a book.

and?

The title used to be "Show HN: I made this repo to practice Algorithms in JavaScript", which the GP commented on. It has since been changed to "Show HN: Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript".

Re: Show HN: Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript

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Post by misiti3780 » Wed, Aug 07, 2019, 3:03 PM UTC

gargarplex wrote: post #3

Can you turn this into an interactive thing like Duolingo where you grind through the exercises? Much needed in the developer community... PS. If anyone else is interested in building this, happy to collab!

you mean convert the book into anki flash cards ?

Re: Show HN: Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript

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Post by sciencewolf » Wed, Aug 07, 2019, 3:15 PM UTC

gargarplex wrote: post #3

Can you turn this into an interactive thing like Duolingo where you grind through the exercises? Much needed in the developer community... PS. If anyone else is interested in building this, happy to collab!

Small plug-- this is what I tried to do with https://algodaily.com - going from the easiest algorithms (like "Reverse a String") all the way to Union-Find, while sprinkling implementations of BST, graphs, etc. along the way.