What's an algorithm? Besides being the answer to most interview questions, an algorithm is a way to solve a particular problem in programming.
Google Maps uses an algorithm to calculate driving directions through 3 cities while avoiding highways. Amazon uses an algorithm to figure out exactly what product to recommend to you next so that you'll blindly one-click it.
In this workshop, we will discuss what an algorithm is, introduce the idea of algorithmic complexity (big O notation), demonstrate sort and search algorithms (with a hands-on re-enactment), and finish with an overview of the many types of algorithms out there. This workshop is taught by Amelia Downs, Software Engineer at Pivotal & Jessica Dene Earley, Lab Instructor at Hackbright.
This workshop focuses on design-thinking for algorithms, which is a pre-requisite to expressing these ideas in code.
Lunch is provided.
Prerequisites: Attendees would benefit from a basic understanding of a programming language, like from JS 101, but that is not required.
Tech requirements: Your laptop, if you'd like to follow along with the slides.
Schedule:
• Introduction
• Defining an Algorithm
• Data Structures
• Time/space complexity
• Several Sorting Algorithms
• Binary Search
• Algorithms in Real Life
A great follow-up workshop to this one is our Whiteboarding Interview Prep on Saturday Nov 19!
Payment is required to attend. If you'd like to attend but cannot afford the cost, request a scholarship. Due to the amount of applications, only the scholarship recipient will receive an email a few days before the workshop. Thank you for your understanding!
