Confidential Rule for the success of a Programmer?

Only One Rule is followed by every Programmer -> Practice, Practice & Practice.

Motivation
Why would I study Computer Science - http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=1639
Why would I learn programming - http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=1437
Programming Contest and Online Judge - http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=1400
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BookList
Book - Computer Programming ~ Author - Tamim Shahriar Subeen
Book - Graph Algorithms - Shafaet Ashraf
Book - Data Structures and Algorithms - Coreman
Book - Competitive Programming 3 or 4 - Steven Halim

Newbie(Who has no knowledge about programming)

Start learning C programming (40 days at most)

Reference Book:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z-tMu5Pe1JAg3RYCKxU6sTb39n3NtFQD/view?usp=sharing

Highly recommended to buy a hard copy of this book.

Reference Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPkEK3TrAJ1M4n273I67kZvz13gsjXPkr

Topics must be covered -

●​ Data type, Input/ Output
●​ Operators
●​ If/else if / else
●​ Loop - For, While
●​ Array
●​ String
●​ Function
●​ Structure
Start Solving Problems After learning Loop(20 days)
https://www.beecrowd.com.br/judge/en/problems/index/1
Target Count - 100 problems within 20 days

Beginner(At least have the knowledge of C/C++)(45

days)

Start Learning C++

Topics need to be covered -
●​ Input/ Output
●​ String & String functions
●​ STL(vector, stack, queue, set, map, priority_queue, pair)
STL resources:
Website:
https://www.cplusplus.com/
PDF:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_oPPOdn4peRpmL4ujykI-APj8HaMmIYQ/view?usp=shar
ing
Youtube channel for STL:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgLCjVh3O6Sgux985GYG22xkFt9z9Sq0_
●​ Recursion
Reference video for recursion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxQSirehGP8
●​ Complexity Analysis
Ref: http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=1313
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dPh1LgDqRQczpTPaneH1I30LsrKKRYwi/view?usp=shar
ing

Now you are set for solving problems.

Start solving problems from https://codeforces.com/problemset?order=BY_RATING_ASC
Try solving problems sequentially.
Target Problem Count: 200 Problems
Pre-Intermediate(Can solve CodeForces A, B)(90
days)
●​ Binary Search
Ref: http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=2279
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1um5OQ44NdGiQQYaVzRxZ1yQGWj_KfJTM/view?usp=s
haring
Problems on Binary Search:
https://codeforces.com/problemset?order=BY_RATING_ASC&tags=binary+search
https://cses.fi/problemset (Sorting Searching Section)

●​ Two pointer
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/two-pointers-technique/
Problems on Two Pointer:
https://codeforces.com/problemset?order=BY_RATING_ASC&tags=two+pointers

●​ STL(unordered_map, multiset,deque)
●​ Bit Manipulation
Ref:
https://www.hackerearth.com/practice/basic-programming/bit-manipulation/basics-of-bit-
manipulation/tutorial/
Problems on BitManipulation:
https://codeforces.com/problemset?order=BY_RATING_ASC&tags=bitmasks

●​ Sorting with structure/ pair

Ref: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/structure-sorting-in-cplusplus
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1irYBiT9Tf6iu33y5GYlRkUr4PZ9E35eU/view?usp=sharing

●​ Prefix Sum
Ref:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/142B7ZStchmXHLdBL8vUjxG0S6-Sj1_Rg/view?usp=shari
ng
●​ Greedy
Ref:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6mgESEfcwFLC61QEcruy4irTt4fq_cS/view?usp=sharin
g
●​ Basic Geometry
Problems: https://toph.co/problems/geometry?sort=popularity_desc

●​ Implementation Problems
https://codeforces.com/problemset?order=BY_RATING_ASC&tags=implementation
 ●​ Target Problem solve Count: 300

How to increase Rating on Codeforces:

First of all, you have to identify your comfort zone. That means you have to identify which
problems you can solve more comfortably than others. For example, one might find a 1200
difficulty problem easier to solve but might struggle with 1300/1400 difficulty problem. So he/she
should try solving 1400 difficulty problems. Note that, solving more and more 1200-rated
problems won’t gonna change your skill. You have to choose such problems which will be
challenging your brain.
Now how you should approach a problem:
Suppose you have selected a problem that has 200 more difficulty level than your comfort zone,
You will try solving this problem for the first 30-45 minutes. If you somehow failed to come out
with any logic, then read the first paragraph of the editorial on that problem, don’t read the full
editorial. Then after taking some insights from the editorial, try solving the problem again. If you
again fail to solve that problem, then this time read the full editorial, then try to solve this
problem. If you fail again, then this time try watching some code written by famous coders(i.e
tourist) then try to implement that code after understanding that code. Believe me, this works
like magic.
Participate in at least 1 to 2 virtual contests each day. Try participating from 8:30 to 10:30pm.
A piece of advice, do not engage heavy algo problems until you can solve codeforces A, B and
often C.
Watch this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87oe8kdAjAs

Intermediate(Can solve CodeForces A, B fluently,

and C sometimes)(160 days)
●​ Advanced Greedy
Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKDtlUMW7F4
●​ Math, Number theory
Ref:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a2KwvopVF955f96u1S3oE0hhD2B1j7v3/view?usp=shari
ng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsZglqx33U8
Gcd, Lcm, Sieve, Prime Factorization, Bigmod, Modular Inverse, NOD, SOD​
Sieve: http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=624
Prime Factorization - https://cp-algorithms.com/algebra/factorization.html (trial division)
NOD/SOD - https://cp-algorithms.com/algebra/divisors.html
Problems: https://projecteuler.net/archives
​ https://lightoj.com/problems/category/modular-arithmetic
●​ Graph(bfs, dfs, dijkstra, topological sort, disjoint set, Graph Traversal)
Ref: Book - Graph Algorithms - Shafaet Ashraf
Book - Data Structures and Algorithms - Coreman
Book - Competitive Programming 3 or 4 - Steven Halim
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fl76e3d9fmby4LP_Veb0At0M4uxlVTrP/view?usp=sharin
g
Dsu - http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=763
Bfs - http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=604
Dfs - http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=973
Graph Traversal Problems: https://toph.co/problems/graph-traversal

●​ Basic Dynamic Programming(knapsack, coin change, LIS, LCS)

Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbgdSX2pXcQ (2:17 - Dynamic Programming
Basics)
http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=3638
Problems on Basic DP: https://atcoder.jp/contests/dp/tasks
https://codeforces.com/problemset/page/2?tags=dp&order=BY_RATING_ASC

●​ Sliding Range Minimum Query

Ref: http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=2316

●​ Data Structures (Segment tree, pdbs)

Segment Tree: http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=1557
https://cp-algorithms.com/data_structures/segment_tree.html

PBDS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiBrJTNOEP0
​ https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/11080
●​ Basic Game Theory
Ref: http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=2325
http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=2608
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GoUYpQlAUY

●​ Interactive Problems
Ref: https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/45307
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2QJZT4XDlc
Problems:
https://codeforces.com/problemset?order=BY_RATING_ASC&tags=interactive

●​ Basic Counting and Probability

Ref:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AQrr8LXBO-WHTQ7KYcu08E-1fshg5WN1?usp=
sharing (as far as you can)
 Intermediate Higher Math book

●​ Target Problem Count: 400 problems.

Advanced - 0(Preparation for

ICPC/NCPC/IUPC)(300 days)
●​ Math and Number Theory(Euler Totient, primality tests, etc)
Euler Totient: https://cp-algorithms.com/algebra/phi-function.html
Primality tests: https://cp-algorithms.com/algebra/primality_tests.html
Problems that must be solved: https://lightoj.com/problems/category/number-theory

●​ Dynamic Programming(Digit dp, Bitmask Dp)

Digit Dp blog and problems: https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/53960
​ Bitmask dp: https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/81516
​ Bitmask dp problems: https://lightoj.com/problems/category/bitmask-dp
​ Practice problem for DP: Lightoj DP section , Codeforces DP tags(Start from 1700)

●​ Graph and Tree(MST, Bellman-Ford, Floyd Warshall, Dijkstra Again, Diameter of Tree)
MST: Book - Graph Algorithms - Shafaet Ashraf
​ Book - Data Structures and Algorithms - Coreman
Book - Competitive Programming 3 or 4 - Steven Halim
MST Problems: https://toph.co/problems/minimum-spanning-tree

Bellman-Ford: The same reference can be used as MST.

Dijkstra & shortest Path Problems: https://toph.co/problems/shortest-path
Main Objective: Solve more and more problems from codeforces, lightoj, toph
graph section.

●​ Tree in-out DP:

https://returnzerooo.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%
B0%E0%A6%BF-in-out-dp/

●​ Strings(Hashing, Kmp, Z, Trie(DS))

Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbV0IRWBNvU
Hashing: https://cp-algorithms.com/string/string-hashing.html
Hashing Problems: https://toph.co/problems/tags/hashing?sort=difficulty_asc,
https://algo.codemarshal.org/contests/icpc-dhaka-19-preli/problems/A
 Kmp: http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=3209
https://cp-algorithms.com/string/prefix-function.html
Z algo: https://cp-algorithms.com/string/z-function.html
https://medium.com/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6
%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%
82-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE/z-algorithm-string-matchin
g-algorithm%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A7%A6%E
0%A7%A7-663527f83131

Kmp / Z problems - https://codeforces.com/problemset/problem/432/D ,

https://codeforces.com/problemset/problem/346/B
https://codeforces.com/contest/291/problem/E(requires KMP optimization)

●​ Combinatorics
Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEb_swNH0fY
Problems: https://toph.co/problems/tags/combinatorics
​ https://lightoj.com/problems/category/combinatorics
​
Stars and Bars : https://cp-algorithms.com/combinatorics/stars_and_bars.html

●​ Game Theory
Ref:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EienAWnUPow
http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=2714

●​ Data Structure(Segment Tree with Lazy Propagation, BIT, Mergesort Tree, LCA, MO)
Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v--9nEFfAM
BIT: http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=1961
Problems on BIT: https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/20569

LCA: http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=1831
https://www.topcoder.com/thrive/articles/Range%20Minimum%20Query%20and%20Low
est%20Common%20Ancestor
Problems on LCA: https://lightoj.com/problems/category/rmq-lca

Segment Tree with Lazy: http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=1591

Merge sort Trees: https://discuss.codechef.com/t/merge-sort-tree-tutorial/14277
Problems on Merge Sort Tree: https://www.codechef.com/tags/problems/merge-sort-tree
https://toph.co/problems/tags/mergesorttree
MO: https://rezwanarefin01.github.io/posts/block-decomposition-01/
 MO Problems: https://toph.co/problems/tags/mosalgorithm

●​ Probability and Expected Value

Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEb_swNH0fY (follow probability and expected
value section)
http://www.shafaetsplanet.com/?p=3060
Problems: https://lightoj.com/problems/category/probability
Problems on Expected values: https://www.codechef.com/tags/problems/expected-value

Advanced - 1(Top 50 in ICPC preliminary)

●​ Aho corasick
●​ MO with Update
Blog: https://rezwanarefin01.github.io/posts/block-decomposition-01/
●​ Suffix array
Blog: https://tanvir002700.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/suffix-array/
Problems: https://toph.co/problems/tags/suffixstructure
●​ Palindromic tree(eertree)
Blog: https://rezwanarefin01.github.io/posts/palindromic-tree-01/
Problems: https://toph.co/problems/palindromic-tree
●​ Wavelet Tree
●​ State Space Graph with bfs or dijkstra
Ref: Book - Competitive Programming 3 or 4
●​ Manachar
Blog: https://cp-algorithms.com/string/manacher.html
Problems: https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/63853
●​ Mo on Tree
Blog: https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/43230
Problems: included on the above blog
●​ Sack + Small to Large Technique
Blog: https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/44351
Problems: Included on the blogs
●​ Bipartite Graph
●​ Ternary Search

Advanced - 2(Top 25 in ICPC preliminary)

●​ HLD
BLog: https://discuss.codechef.com/t/tutorial-heavy-light-decomposition/69423
Problems: https://www.codechef.com/tags/problems/heavy-light-decomposition
●​ Centroid Decomposition
Blog: https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/81661
Problems: https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/52492
 ●​ Persistent Segment Tree
Blog: https://rezwanarefin01.github.io/posts/persistent-segment-tree-01/
https://rezwanarefin01.github.io/posts/persistent-segment-tree-02/
Problems: https://toph.co/problems/tags/persistentsegmenttree
●​ Advanced Geometry
●​ Suffix Automation
Blog: https://cp-algorithms.com/string/suffix-automaton.html
Problems: Included on the link mentioned just above.
●​ Flow Graph
●​ Fast Fourier Transform
Blog: https://rezwanarefin01.github.io/posts/fast-fourier-transform/
Problems: https://www.codechef.com/tags/problems/fast-fourier-transform

Beyond(Top 10 in ICPC preliminary)

Upcoming…

This RoadMap is prepared by:

Saurov Chandra Biswas Md. Faizul Haque

Session: 2016-17 Session: 2016-17
Dept of CSE, University of Barishal Dept of CSE, University of Barishal