Throughout this Nano-degree program, you will learn different data structures for storing data, different methods to manipulate these data structures and examine the efficiency, searching and sorting on different data structures, and more advanced algorithms such as brute-force greedy algorithms, graph algorithms, and dynamic programming.

We all might agree that we have entered the golden age of artificial intelligence, however, no AI or machine learning project is easy to implement and comes without challenges. One of the core problems is when students wish to make a career in the tech space, they often face difficulties in learning data structure and algorithms. Without having proper knowledge of data structure and algorithms, a programmer isn't efficient enough to write the right code for its software. Moreover, it's not just from the application point of view, but data structures and algorithms are often used to test candidates in a job interview. Interviews, in general, give data structure and algorithms problems to solve to test the candidate's problem-solving and analytical skills.

The current edition of this books is the 3rd Edition and I strongly suggest that every programmer should have this in their bookshelf, but only for short reading and references. It's not possible to finish this book in one sitting and some of you may find it difficult to read as well, but don't worry, you can combine your learning with an online course like Data Structures and Algorithms: Deep Dive Using Java along with this book. This is like the best of both world, you learn basic Algrotihsm quickly in an online course and then you further cement that knowledge by going through the book, which would make more sense to you now that you have gone through a course already.