Learn Data Structures and Algorithms in Python

This course takes about 32 hours, so at a few hours a week you can easily finish it in two to three months. Learn Data Structures and Algorithms 2 picks up with more advanced material like Dijkstra's algorithm and dynamic programming.

Yes. You should be comfortable with Python basics like functions, loops, lists, and dictionaries. If you're not there yet, start with our beginner Python course.

• Learn Python for Beginners

Big-O analysis, sorting algorithms, stacks, queues, linked lists, binary trees, red-black trees, hashmaps, tries, graphs, breadth-first and depth-first search, and P vs NP. You build most of the data structures from scratch.

By building them yourself! Watching someone explain a linked list is easy, but writing one that passes tests is where you'll really "get" it. In this course you implement each data structure yourself in Python and pass tests in the browser.

Yes! It's free to create an account and start learning. You'll get all the immersive and interactive features for free for a few chapters. After that, if you still haven't paid for a membership, you'll be in read-only (content only) mode.

We use AI more than most tech companies - not just to build Boots and the Training Grounds, but also to assist us in our coding work... and we're still hiring developers! The demand for technical talent hasn't gone away. Companies need developers that are AI savvy and can modernize their codebases. The way developers work is changing rapidly, but the demand for developers who can build great software remains high. We teach software development skills for the modern AI assisted world, and also have some AI specific courses like how to build your own Agent.

It's completely up to you. The time it will take you to be "job ready" will depend on how much you already know, how often you study, and how long you study for. That said, the backend career path takes many people about 12 months.

• How long to become a backend developer

Absolutely! If you built it, use it. You'll build several personal projects while completing our curriculum, and our final course about finding jobs will show you how to construct a job-ready portfolio.

We're not a $10,000 bootcamp. We're not a $50,000 university degree. We are a self-paced, gamified online learning platform for learning back-end web development and computer science. You can learn with us for the price of a gym membership.

We focus on teaching backend-development and data-related skills, which is somewhat of a rarity in online learning. We're also focused on solving what we believe is the hardest problem with online learning: boredom. If you prefer coding rather than watching, and your struggle with online learning is staying motivated and engaged, we think you'll like learning with us.

• Read about our methodology