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Transcript
Computer Science: The Good Parts csthegoodparts.com @jeffcohen
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1. Encoding All The Things 2. Containers for Things 3.
Doing Things 4. Building Big Things 5. Thinking About Things
Data Structures
Data Structures
Linked List 60 31 5 45 70 head
Queue New elements are appended to the end of the
list 60 31 5 45 70 head
Stack 60 45 70 31 5 head New elements are
inserted at the front of the list
60 31 5 45 80 70 74 99 87 68
Binary Tree root
Graph
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Algorithms
Babbage and Lovelace
Apollo 11
Margaret Hamilton Source code of the Apollo Guidance Computer
Complexity
Complexity Some computer programming implementations are more complex than others.
Complexity A "green" test suite is not an indicator of
sustainability nor is it a guarantee of an optimal solution.
Complexity Science relies on standard systems of weights and measures.
For software, we measure resources, which are typically time and space.
O(n) def search(name_to_find, names) for name in names if name
== name_to_find return true end end return false end
def search(name_to_find, names) for name in names if name ==
name_to_find return true end end return false end O(n) 0 100 200 300 O(n)
O(log n) def search(name_to_find, sorted_names) return false if sorted_names.size
== 0 midpoint = sorted_names.length / 2 if name < sorted_names[midpoint].name search(name_to_find, sorted_names[0, midpoint]) elsif name > sorted_names[midpoint].name search(name_to_find, sorted_names[midpoint, -1]) end return true end
def search(name_to_find, sorted_names) return false if sorted_names.size == 0
midpoint = sorted_names.length / 2 if name < sorted_names[midpoint].name search(name_to_find, sorted_names[0, midpoint]) elsif name > sorted_names[midpoint].name search(name_to_find, sorted_names[midpoint, -1]) end return true end O(log n) 0 100 200 300 O(log n) O(n)
Atom.io blog post
O(n2) def all_permuations(items) items.map do |item| items.map { |inner_item| [item,
inner_item] } end end [1,2,3] => [[1,1], [1,2], [1,3], [2, 1], [2, 2], [2, 3], [3, 1], [3, 2], [3, 3]]
def all_permuations(items) items.map do |item| items.map { |inner_item| [item, inner_item]
} end end O(n2) 0 100 200 300 O(n2) O(n) O(log n)
Cryptography
Cryptography
Cryptography
Cryptography
The Future
Traditions We know our history. We value progress over reinvention.
We seek solutions to meaningful problems.
Alan Turing
Alan Turing Computer science is not computer programming
Alan Turing It's a way of thinking
Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper Humans are allergic to change. They love to
say, "We've always done it this way." I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.
Grace Hopper A ship in port is safe; but that
is not what ships are built for. Sail out to sea and do new things.
Questions? Thoughts? Find me on twitter @jeffcohen Notes, Links, Resources:
csthegoodparts.com