本章导读

Who This Chapter is For

This chapter covers basic content and is suitable for readers who are not yet familiar with the usage and implementation principles of fundamental data structures.

If you already have an understanding of the implementation principles and usage methods of common data structures, you can safely skip this chapter and proceed directly to the subsequent chapters to start practicing problems.

Chapter Content

The best way to learn something is to implement it yourself. This chapter will not cover algorithmic problems but will guide readers through understanding and implementing several common data structures.

By grasping the underlying principles of these common data structures, you will be able to accurately leverage the characteristics of each data structure and understand the time complexity of your code when solving algorithmic problems in later chapters.

Throughout this chapter, the Algorithm Visualization Panel will often be used to visualize slightly complex data structure operations. The visualization code is written in JavaScript, but it is relatively simple and should be easy to understand regardless of your familiarity with JavaScript.

If you encounter any visualization code snippets that are difficult to comprehend, you can refer to the Minimalist JavaScript Tutorial specifically designed for the visualization panel.