The motivation for writing this book was the lack of resources available about data , @% g/ H0 b1 ?! d1 j; hstructures and algorithms written in JavaScript. This was strange to me because " p p; @; u! E! z6 Z1 ]9 j" |- Ttoday many of the job opportunities for software development require knowledge of7 G& l$ ]( R, @6 J+ K' F
JavaScript; it is the only language that can be used to write the entire stack, including the2 {0 T2 o" }" H
front-end, mobile (native and hybrid) platforms, and back-end. It is crucial for JavaScript 0 ?0 p+ A% [' @# edevelopers to understand how data structures work and how to design algorithms to* h; s6 L$ I/ W( F" O F
build applications. 7 X/ d% [+ M4 q; TTherefore, this book aims to teach data structure and algorithm concepts from/ `- H. L+ A/ a
computer science for JavaScript rather than for the more typical Java or C++. Because7 \! b% C; A" _5 q. k
JavaScript follows the prototypal inheritance pattern, unlike Java and C++ (which follow + X4 g5 x3 p. s. `5 g& X) u9 kthe inheritance pattern), there are some changes in writing data structures in JavaScript.' j9 w" ~1 z; \, o/ x. l" Y9 o$ f
The classical inheritance pattern allows inheritance by creating a blueprint-like 4 v. R5 I) G; W6 ~$ Q( y. B% mform% ~$ F# {, @ X: V2 d% U
that objects follow during inheritance. However, the prototypal inheritance pattern ! b; B4 T: I# ^means copying the objects and changing their properties.- Y- @( P$ C' V- T
This book first covers fundamental mathematics for Big-O analysis and then lays out ; ]! R( T7 ^# `the basic JavaScript foundations, such as primitive objects and types. Then, this book. L% m4 R1 Z% w+ c2 ]% V3 A
covers implementations and algorithms for fundamental data structures such as linked# o' I# x- U- X4 O; W
lists, stacks, trees, heaps, and graphs. Finally, more advanced topics such as efficient& z/ l! ?& V R
string search algorithms, caching algorithms, and dynamic programming problems are8 ?- ^( ~. ^7 E+ L# A
explored in great detail.5 l$ H# T$ \& k/ i0 k# m$ i+ s( G
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