DSA Learning Roadmap
1. Basics of Programming in C
- Variables, Data Types, Operators
- Control Statements (if, switch, loops)
- Functions
- Arrays and Strings
- Pointers
- Structures
2. Introduction to DSA
- What is a data structure?
- Types: Linear vs Non-linear
- Time and Space Complexity (Big-O Notation)
3. Linear Data Structures
a. Array
- Insertion, Deletion, Traversal
- Searching (Linear, Binary)
- Sorting (Bubble, Selection, Insertion)
b. Linked List
- Singly Linked List (SLL), Doubly Linked List (DLL), Circular Linked List
- Operations: Insertion, Deletion, Traversal
c. Stack
- Using Array and Linked List
- Push, Pop, Peek
- Applications: Expression evaluation, Backtracking
d. Queue
- Simple Queue, Circular Queue, Deque, Priority Queue
DSA Learning Roadmap
4. Non-Linear Data Structures
a. Tree
- Binary Tree, Binary Search Tree (BST)
- Traversals: Inorder, Preorder, Postorder
- Applications
b. Heap
- Min Heap / Max Heap
- Heap Sort
c. Graph
- Representation: Adjacency Matrix / List
- Traversals: BFS, DFS
- Applications
5. Advanced Topics
- Recursion
- Searching & Sorting Algorithms (Merge Sort, Quick Sort)
- Hashing
- Greedy Algorithms
- Dynamic Programming (DP)
- Backtracking
- Graph Algorithms (Dijkstra's, Kruskal's, Prim's, Floyd-Warshall)
Study Tips
- Practice every concept by writing code in C
- Solve problems on LeetCode, GeeksforGeeks, HackerRank
- Focus on time complexity for each algorithm you learn
