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Best online course for competitive programming (algorithms and data structures)?
By dunpeal, history, 7 years ago, In English

I'm trying to improve my competitive programming skills here on Codeforces, but I often lack the basic knowledge of algorithms and data structures required to solve problems on competitions, even the easier ones.

I need an online course that will teach me the basic algorithms, data structures, and competitive programming techniques necessary for competitions.

What is the best such course available online?

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there is a course on edX by ITMO university , search it unfortunately, no such other courses exists as of now, not a formal I mean, However , you can still try these materials provided in stanford's Competitive programming course , these are just materials and not a proper course like you asked , but its the closest one... materials

Also , you can try camps that happen in your country for better results!

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    Thanks. The edX ITMO course seems to have an Online Judge and many problems to solve together with the material to solve them — exactly what I'm looking for. The last session just ended last week, but I can still access the materials and online judge in archive mode.

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Not exactly an online course but tehqin has a video series in which he goes over competitive programming topics. The stuff he covers is useful for both beginners and people with a bit more knowledge. http://algorithms-live.blogspot.com.co/

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This is the best book I know. Also, atcoder beginner and regular contest editorials can be a gold mine for beginners ^^

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    Is atcoder.jp a good website for a Western beginner who doesn't know Japanese?

    It seems to be a Japanese website, and the editorials seem to be written in Japanese and only partially translated to English?

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      7 years ago, # ^ |
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      I haven't encountered any editorials from atcoder with no English translation yet :) So at least recent contests all have editorials in English :)

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