DSA Learning Roadmap: Step-by-Step Visual Guide
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ START YOUR JOURNEY │
└───────────────────┬──────────────────┘
│
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┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STEP 1: FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS │
│ (The Absolute Basics) │
├──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Basic Math │
│ • Array (Core Data Storage) │
│ • Bit Manipulation (Basic Ops) │
└───────────────────┬──────────────────┘
│
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┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STEP 2: LINEAR DATA STRUCTURES │
│ (Sequential Organization) │
├──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Linked List │
│ (Dynamic Chained Elements) │
│ • Stack (LIFO Principle) │
│ • Queue (FIFO Principle) │
└───────────────────┬──────────────────┘
│
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┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STEP 3: SEARCHING & SORTING │
│ (Ordering and Finding Data) │
├──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Sorting (Algorithms to Order) │
│ • Binary Search (Efficient Lookup)
└───────────────────┬──────────────────┘
│
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┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STEP 4: TREE DATA STRUCTURES │
│ (Hierarchical Relationships) │
├──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Tree (General Concept) │
│ • Binary Tree │
│ (Nodes with Max Two Children) │
│ • Binary Search Tree (BST) │
│ (Ordered Tree for Fast Ops) │
└───────────────────┬──────────────────┘
│
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┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STEP 5: GRAPH DATA STRUCTURES │
│ (Interconnected Networks) │
├──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Graph │
│ (Nodes and Edges, Relationships) │
└───────────────────┬──────────────────┘
│
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┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STEP 6: ADVANCED ALGORITHMIC │
│ TECHNIQUES │
│ (Problem-Solving Paradigms) │
├──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Recursion │
│ (Function Calling Itself) │
│ • Hashing (Fast Key-Value Storage) │
│ • Sliding Window │
│ (Efficient Subarray/Substring) │
│ • Dynamic Programming (DP) │
│ (Optimizing Overlapping Problems)│
└───────────────────┬──────────────────┘
│
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┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ MASTERY & PRACTICE ││ (Apply, Build, & Solve Problems!) │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
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