Jared T. Hines said
Book was in excellent condition and arrived even sooner than I expected. Will do business with again.
Chandan Kumar said
I have read several books on DS and algorithms, but Robert Lafore's book is best. The approach he takes to explain anything is so good, makes DS and algos a fun to learn rather than something to be afraid of. Hat Off to Lafore to have written such a nice book.
drawn sword said
The author has gone to great lengths to make learning as easy as possible. A lot of explanations and everything is step by step!! If you know basic Java, you can easily go through this book and learn the basics of data structures. A lot of ground is covered - sorting, hashing, search, trees etc.
The applets are fantastic and an efficient learning tool. They are a major aid in remembering the algorithms. I had no trouble finding the applets online. Just go to the publisher's site and search for the book! How much easier can it get?
I wanted to learn the most important data structures and algorithms quickly and didn't care much for the math stuff. This book was perfect. I felt so frustrated with other books that went off into the math stuff. Nothing wrong with the hard core math stuff, just that I don't care for it at this point.
This book is not for learning the rigorous math part of data structures and algorithms!! You could try the traditional books for that. The Big Oh notation treatment is there, but just not rigorous or anything.
A major target for the book would be professional programmers who want to brush up stuff quickly without wasting time with unnecessary math stuff. Another good target group would be undergraduates who just want to have fun learning.
You won't learn to prove the optimality of your algorithm in formal terms but you'll learn about the basic data structures and algorithms.
I enjoy learning form this book. It is cool.
Konstantin Laufer said
I do not own this book but am in the process of choosing a text for a CS2 data structures course (using Java for projects and examples). After downloading the examples, I noticed that the text does not cover Java generics. This is a showstopper for me although the book looks promising otherwise.
Work of Life said
Great, but intense brush up on Java for those interviewing with Google, Microsoft, Amazon or any of the other "rigorous interview" tech companies.
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