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Starting CP
By feyre, history, 5 months ago, In English

Hey! i just gave my first codeforces contest yesterday, I have done a little bit of cp on platforms like leetcode and codechef earlier this year, but it feels nice to start coding on this platform.

I have covered basic topics like math, constructive algos, and implementation. I wish to learn the advanced topics like graphs, dp and trees. Will it be advisable to do those from here or another platform/youtube tutorial/course?

Any leads/advice will be very much appreciated :)

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5 months ago, # |
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me too bro can we work together

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    sure, are you following a particular roadmap/ what is your plan for the next month?

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      i have roadmap but i dont like sheets i wanna do random and contests roadmap is first completing number theory and stuff and techniques and then bs,dp,greedy,trees,graphs enough

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        oh that makes sense, let's try to do those topics together! Could share your resources and we can keep a daily tab on our progress?

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    Can I join you all too. Tomorrow was my first day too. Btw I am following A2OJ ladder currently. I will have to say, problems in that ladder are fun.

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    mee too! lets work together on skills?

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The CSES book and problem set are pretty good for starting out and learning basically any of the topics you'll see at beginner — intermediate cp.

https://cses.fi/book/book.pdf

https://cses.fi/problemset/

Besides that probably just doing some cf contests, sort by rating and topic if you like.

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    I have heard about cses problem set but do I need to learn advanced algos to get started with it??

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    Thanks! i was hoping for a little more theoretical/syntactical help with data structures too if possible, any insights on that?

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Personally, Luogu(洛谷) is a great option.

Although reading Chinese texts may be a bit challenging, the problems are well-organized, allowing you to progress step by step.

https://www.luogu.com.cn/

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feyre If you make any group where you practice CP, I want to join as well.

Honestly, I think you should make a Discord server where we will practice CP.

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    i would love to make one but i'm afraid there may me many people who aren't particularly dedicated and we may have cheaters/spammers

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hi check dm

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check these CF courses: https://mirror.codeforces.com/edu/courses

and if u wanna practice DP, there is contest from atcoder.jp. there are enough educational DP problems: https://atcoder.jp/contests/dp

wish u good luck!

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    Hey! Thanks a lot! I hope we can connect :)

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      if u want, u can find me at telegram(@heesooyaamm)

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I think this sheet will help you a lot more , it was prepared by mustafa saad the sheet is in english but the explanation in videos is in arabic take a look at this sheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1iJZWP2nS_OB3kCTjq8L6TrJJ4o-5lhxDOyTaocSYc-k/htmlview#gid=123190759

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First read the info and FAQ and checklist to know more on the sheet and how to get most of it

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this blog might be helpful : https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/125623

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