Free Crash Course - Algorithms not Al Gore's Rhythm

Overview

Join our Back End Engineering instructor, Gavin Stark (https://www.meetup.com/The-Iron-Yard-Tampa-Bay/members/1412901/) to learn about the fundamentals of computer algorithms and sorting techniques along with our Student Enrollment Representative, Holly Valenty (https://www.meetup.com/The-Iron-Yard-Tampa-Bay/members/215169340/), to learn more about The Iron Yard (http://www.theironyard.com/).

This course assumes no previous knowledge of any programming language.

Outcomes

The first half of the course will be a short lecture on the basics of algorithms and their application to computer algorithms followed by a review of several algorithms for sorting data. We will wrap up by discussing how to measure the efficiency of algorithms and discuss some notoriously difficult problems in computer programming.

Requirements

• There isn't any coding planned, so feel free to come with yourself and a notebook.

Agenda

• What is an Algorithm?

• Real world use cases

• Examples of algorithms in every day life

• Formal definitions

• Sorting algorithms

• Algorithm complexity

• Challenging problems in computer programming

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