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About the Course

This course covers the essential information that every serious programmer needs to know about algorithms and data structures, with emphasis on applications and scientific performance analysis of Java implementations. Part I covers elementary data structures, sorting, and searching algorithms. Part II focuses on graph- and string-processing algorithms. All the features of this course are available for free. People who are interested in digging deeper into the content may wish to obtain the textbook Algorithms, Fourth Edition (upon which the course is based) or visit the website algs4.cs.princeton.edu for a wealth of additional material. This course does not offer a certificate upon completion....

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HM

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The best online course I've taken so far. The autograder really does its job! The tests are so thorough that it always takes me several attempts to finish an assignment, but it is always worth it!

RB

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The course focuses on Java specific implementations of algorithms, so if you're not from a Java background, you would have a little difficulty with the assignments.The course content however is great.

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By Ahmed M A A

Sep 10, 2023

Great course really! Teaches you a lot about the science of algorithms in a very good and easy way with lots of visualizations. It also teaches concepts in java that are helpful.

By kysilivan

Mar 6, 2020

Very interesting course, practical tasks. I liked that it was not too much math and boring theore, but rather focus on practical/applicable aspect of algorithms and their usage.

By Aaron L

Sep 18, 2017

I learned so much taking this course. The lectures are clear and concise. Well presented material and ideas. This is probably the best course that I've taken on Coursera so far.

By Andrés L

Jun 7, 2022

Excellent course that goes over through the basic data structures every computer scientists should know. Thank you very much for making this course available for everybody :)

By 梁博

Jun 16, 2021

The first normal course I took on Coursera. A great one!

Good arrangement of knowledge, good slides and good code test tools.

I like java-algs4 packet, it provides much help.

By Kang-Hua W

Aug 28, 2017

Best course on coursera. The part 2 of this course has in process for more than 1 year. I am guessing coursera has not been putting effort on part 2 since it is a free course.

By Wai Y K

Jul 30, 2024

Very good course! The content created by the professor is amazing and easy to follow rather than reading other algorithms books where the content they put is too complicated.

By Johny T K

Aug 31, 2020

Doesn't matter if you are a beginner or an experienced Professional in programming. You need to go through this course. It will change the way you approach and solve problems

By Severiano J Q

Oct 8, 2019

Amazing course with great material for free! I have learned more in this free course than in other non-free courses. I am ready to start with the second part of the course :)

By Dileep K S

Aug 30, 2020

Exceptionally well-designed course with all the essential concepts covered. Assignments are pretty challenging and require good computing skills along with Java programming.

By andrhua

Apr 7, 2019

Very impressive attention to details, nice visual demos that really helps to understand material. A bunch of interview problems material, as well as real world applications.

By fire

Jul 15, 2017

Highly recommended to people new to algorithms, I learned a lot from this courses. the professor is very good at teaching stuff in an easy to understand way. thanks a lot.

By Weisi Z

Mar 1, 2021

Excellent course to learn about algorithms and Java. The projects are extremely well designed and the lectures thoroughly covers ncessary knowledge on topics of algorithms.

By Nguyen T H

Nov 3, 2018

although I've learnt all the algorithm in this course before but when I learn them again through this course I still feel fascinating, great course, worth the time learning

By Pravin

Feb 26, 2017

Really exceptional course. Thank you so much for making this available for free, for the time spent by the professor creating this and the mentors helping out the students.

By Ali K H

Nov 11, 2023

this course is exceptional, delving deep into algorithmic principles. It elevates coding skills to an advanced level, fostering profound understanding. Highly recommended.

By Charles M

Jun 26, 2022

The presentation of the material is outstanding. The programming assignment grading is rigorous but transparent, and the feedback detail from the grader is very helpful.

By Karen L

Jun 2, 2020

Very clear lectures, and I loved the assignments. They're engaging and complex enough to have you reading and re-reading your code and coming back for more optimizations.

By Abhijith A

Jul 6, 2019

Really good algorithms course for people with some prior programming knowledge. Some advanced data structures and algorithms are discussed here elegantly with simplicity.

By iqbalpakeh

May 1, 2018

This is very recommended course for software engineer to really grasp the knowledge of algorithm. This will definitely help you improve your skill in your day to day job.

By Tiago K V

Aug 27, 2017

Awesome course, one of the best structured courses I've done in Coursera. The video classes are extremely well recorded and edited, and mr. Sedgewick is simply brilliant.

By Konstantinos B

Nov 20, 2016

Amazing course from an inspiring instructor. The course material is excellent. The assignments are demanding, but totally worth the time spent. Thank you for this course!

By Polina P

Mar 23, 2022

Very good video explanations, interesting and meaningful programming assigments.

The programming assignments description could have been a little bit more explicit though

By Andrey K

Jan 6, 2018

Good course. Very informative. Nice problems. A part of course is understand only when read answers of test system of problem solving. It would be grate if less cough :)

By DengYao

Nov 7, 2016

This course is pretty good.Algorithms' processing is clear in slide and teacher also explain well.I learned how to design API for data structure.I think it is important.