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Visualizing Algorithms (2014)

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Re: Visualizing Algorithms (2014)

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Post by guessmyname »

walton_simons wrote: post #8

Speaking as a self-taught "programmer" who never got far beyond the rudiments (basic scripting and automation is about as far as I go), I find stuff like this utterly mindblowing. I'm aware that sorting and maze generation algorithms exist of course, but it's magic to me. I don't understand them at all, and seeing them visualised like this, in such an appealing way, is incredible.

For what is worth, programmers who went through college and/or university didn’t learn this stuff there, so technically speaking we are all self-taught.

Search about Depth-First Search and Breadth-First Search algorithms, they are very short and easy to understand.

You will be able to build and solve your own mazes in no time.

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Post by lqet »

guessmyname wrote: post #11
walton_simons wrote: post #8

Speaking as a self-taught "programmer" who never got far beyond the rudiments (basic scripting and automation is about as far as I go), I find stuff like this utterly mindblowing. I'm aware that sorting and maze generation algorithms exist of course, but it's magic to me. I don't understand them at all, and seeing them visualised like this, in such an appealing way, is incredible.

For what is worth, programmers who went through college and/or university didn’t learn this stuff there, so technically speaking we are all self-taught. Search about Depth-First Search and Breadth-First Search algorithms, they are very short and easy to understand. You will be able to build and solve your own mazes in no time.

Wait, are you saying that computer scientists don't learn about spanning trees, DFS, BFS, or sorting at university?

Re: Visualizing Algorithms (2014)

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Post by bigDinosaur »

lqet wrote: post #12
guessmyname wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For what is worth, programmers who went through college and/or university didn’t learn this stuff there, so technically speaking we are all self-taught. Search about Depth-First Search and Breadth-First Search algorithms, they are very short and easy to understand. You will be able to build and solve your own mazes in no time.

Wait, are you saying that computer scientists don't learn about spanning trees, DFS, BFS, or sorting at university?

I assume they mean the methods and justifications behind the visualisations, since DFS etc. are absolutely taught everywhere.

Re: Visualizing Algorithms (2014)

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Post by cyral »

I had a professor in college who made visualizations like this in PowerPoint, with each slide being a frame. He would then zoom through them and it would animate how various algorithms worked. Like this article, it was really amazing for understanding how they worked. I wish more courses offered visualizations like this, they make such a huge difference.
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