Competitive Programming Essentials, Master Algorithms

Our verdict: worth it — as long as the Development skills on the syllabus match what you actually want to learn. The regular price for Competitive Programming Essentials, Master Algorithms on Udemy is $99.99. With the coupon code on this page, that falls to $9.99 — a saving of $90.00, or 90% off the standard rate Spread across 56h 30m of on-demand video, that works out to roughly $0.18 per hour of content — cheaper than a single chapter of most printed Development textbooks.

A cheap price means nothing if the material is thin — here the syllabus is organized around usable outcomes. Prateek Narang Sr. Software Engineer Google and Apaar Kamal and Coding Minutes walk you through understand & implement important techniques in Competitive Programming, learn advanced techniques to optimise naive solutions, and ace code-thons and online coding competitons on Codeforces, HackerRank — skills meant to be used, not just watched. It has already been taken by 25,604 students and holds a 4.4-star average from verified reviews, which suggests the content holds up once learners actually apply it.

Check the prerequisites before you commit: Comfortable with at-least one programming language; Understanding & ability to code using data structures. Best suited to learners who already have footing in Development. Plan for roughly 56h 30m of on-demand video at your own pace. Lessons are delivered in English.