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📘 Programming Pearls – (2025–2026 Edition)

📚 Programming Pearls (2025–2026 Edition) is a complete academic and syllabus-based resource designed for BS/CS, BS/IT, Software Engineering students, and aspiring programmers. This app provides a structured collection of notes, MCQs, and quizzes to support learning, exam preparation, and technical interview readiness.

The app covers fundamental to advanced topics including problem definition, program design, algorithm techniques, performance tuning, mathematical preliminaries, data structures, searching, sorting, and real-world programming practices. With a clear and organized syllabus layout, this edition ensures students build a solid foundation in computer science and programming.

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📂 Chapters & Topics

🔹 Chapter 1: Cracking the Oyster
- Importance of Problem Definition
- Program Design and Planning
- Understanding Requirements

🔹 Chapter 2: A Panorama of Programming
- Code Clarity and Simplicity
- Program Development Stages
- Design, Coding, and Testing Techniques

🔹 Chapter 3: The Programming Process
- Incremental Development
- Stepwise Refinement
- Code Review
- Testing and Debugging Strategies

🔹 Chapter 4: Writing Correct Programs
- Assertions and Invariants
- Defensive Programming
- Error Detection and Handling

🔹 Chapter 5: Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations
- Estimating Performance
- Rough Complexity Analysis
- Data Size and Resource Estimation

🔹 Chapter 6: Mathematical Preliminaries
- Logarithms and Growth Rates
- Bit Manipulation
- Modular Arithmetic
- Probabilities in Algorithms

🔹 Chapter 7: Strings of Pearls
- String Processing Techniques
- Text Manipulation
- Searching and Sorting Strings

🔹 Chapter 8: Algorithm Design Techniques
- Divide and Conquer
- Greedy Algorithms
- Dynamic Programming
- Brute Force vs. Elegance

🔹 Chapter 9: Code Tuning
- Performance Bottlenecks
- Timing and Profiling
- Space-Time Tradeoffs

🔹 Chapter 10: Squeezing Space
- Memory Efficiency
- Compact Data Representations
- Bit Fields and Encoding Techniques

🔹 Chapter 11: Sorting
- Sorting Algorithms
- When and How to Use Them
- External Sorting
- Custom Comparison Functions

🔹 Chapter 12: Searching
- Linear and Binary Search
- Hashing
- Search Optimization
- Tradeoffs Between Speed and Simplicity

🔹 Chapter 13: Heaps
- Heap Structure and Properties
- Priority Queues
- Heapsort Algorithm

🔹 Chapter 14: Bignums
- Large Number Arithmetic
- Efficient Representations
- Practical Applications

🔹 Chapter 15: The Discrete Fourier Transform
- Understanding DFT
- Applications in Signal Processing
- Efficient Computation via FFT

🔹 Chapter 16: Theory vs. Practice
- Real-World Constraints
- Engineering Tradeoffs
- Balancing Elegance and Efficiency

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🌟 Why Choose this App?
- Covers the complete Programming Pearls syllabus in structured format.
- Includes MCQs and quizzes for effective practice.
- Organized for quick revision and exam preparation.
- Helpful for projects, coursework, and technical interviews.
- Builds a solid foundation in computer science concepts.

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✍ This app is inspired by the author:
Jon Louis Bentley, Eleanor C. Lambertsen, Michelle de Kretser, David Gries

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Get your Programming Pearls (2025–2026 Edition) today and start your journey to mastering programming with confidence!

Nouveautés

🚀 Initial Launch: Programming Pearls v1.0

✨ What’s Inside:
✅ Complete syllabus from problem definition to advanced algorithms
✅ Notes, MCQs, and quizzes for self-assessment
✅ Perfect for exam prep, projects, and interview readiness

🎯 Suitable For:
👩‍🎓 Students of BSCS, BSIT, & Software Engineering
👨‍💻 Aspiring programmers & developers
📘 Anyone preparing academic programming exams

Start your journey into programming excellence today with Programming Pearls v1.0 🚀