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DSA Learning Plan and Strategy

The DSA Learning Plan emphasizes following a structured roadmap, mastering basics, and deeply understanding each data structure through implementation and pattern recognition. It encourages maintaining detailed notes, solving problems independently before seeking help, and optimizing code while calculating time and space complexity. The plan also suggests creating a GitHub repository for code organization and revision, and stresses the importance of mastering each topic before progressing.

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DSA Learning Plan and Strategy

The DSA Learning Plan emphasizes following a structured roadmap, mastering basics, and deeply understanding each data structure through implementation and pattern recognition. It encourages maintaining detailed notes, solving problems independently before seeking help, and optimizing code while calculating time and space complexity. The plan also suggests creating a GitHub repository for code organization and revision, and stresses the importance of mastering each topic before progressing.

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DSA Learning Plan and strategy

1️⃣. Stick to the Roadmap : DSA Roadmap

2️⃣. Master the Basics First –

●​ Start with fundamental data structures like string, array, stack, and queue before
moving to advanced topics.
●​ Focus on string and array mastery before solving any question.

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3️⃣ Deep Dive into Each Data Structure:

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●​ Understand the Data structure concepts.(Follow any playlist on YT)
●​ Implement all its operations (insert, delete, reverse, etc.) by checking out the

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solution.
●​ After this try to implement them by yourself.

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●​ Operations are the key. If you are able to manipulate operations, you will be able to
solve questions effectively later on.
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4️⃣ Maintain a Detailed Notebook 📒
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●​ Note down everything you learn about that Data structure and different patterns you
observe in problems.
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●​ Write key operations, variations, and approaches for each topic.


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5️⃣ Find & Solve Pattern-Based Problems


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●​ Search the particular topic on geeksforgeeks or other sites and find out top 5-10
questions covering different patterns.
●​ Write them down and analyze patterns before solving.
●​ After that try to solve a similar problem by yourself.
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6️⃣ Create a github Repository


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●​ Create a github Repo.


●​ Create a folder for a DS and subfolder for operations, easy, medium problems and
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even for patterns.


●​ Whatever the code you are solving on leetcode or any platform, create a class in the
repo and add the working code with adding a commented question.
●​ This should be your own written code.
●​ Add comments wherever you feel it is needed.
●​ Revise concepts from this repo by looking at your own written code.
●​ THIS WILL BE THE BEST WAY TO REVISE.
HOW TO APPROACH QUESTIONS?
7️⃣ Try Before Seeking Help

●​ Attempt the problem on your own, even if the solution is inefficient.


●​ Don't think that you are writing ugly solution.
●​ Forget about time complexity and write the brute force solution even if this is wrong.
●​ Do not check solutions immediately.

Process of solving:

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1.​ If you can't even write a solution → Ask ChatGPT/AI tools for an algorithm.
Try converting this algorithm into code.
2.​ If you wrote something but it's incorrect → Ask ChatGPT to check where

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you're wrong.
3.​ Once you get the brute-force approach → Implement it, then analyze how

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to improve time complexity.
4.​ Ask ChatGPT for ways to improve time complexity and create a better

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solution.
5.​ NEVER EVER LOOK THE PERFECT SOLUTION BEFORE TRYING BY
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YOURSELF. NEVER.

8️⃣ Optimize Your Code


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●​ After implementation, compare with the best solutions.


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●​ Improve time complexity and approach by analyzing optimized methods.


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9️⃣ Calculate time and space complexity


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●​ For every solution you are writing, try to calculate time and space complexity on your
own and note it down.
●​ By doing this your skills of calculating time and space complexity will improve.

🔟 Master Each Topic Before Moving On


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●​ Once comfortable, create short notes summarizing all patterns for quick revision.
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●​ Use this sample short notes sheet to format your short notes:
○​ How to create own short Notes
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Directly looking for the solution without approaching the problem is a bad habit
that can’t even be fixed in 21 days! – NISHCHAL

FOLLOW @codewithnishchal on IG

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