What I find amazing is that with any language, there are always a plethora of built in methods waiting to be discovered and used. This was very much the case for this LeetCode Easy problem. The challenge wants us to create an algorithm that returns a boolean determining if the…

By now I’m starting to see how Big O Notation is playing a role crafting a solution to a problem. The basis of the problem is to take a non empty array of integers called nums and to identify the element that only appears once. The only requirement is that…

Switching algorithm languages from JavaScript to Python The very first language I started off learning was JavaScript. Even before going into my coding bootcamp, I had a familiarity with the basics of JavaScript. As I became formally acquainted with it through the bootcamp, I encountered a lot of the commmon…

For my birthday I was gifted “Cracking the Coding Interview”, possibly one of the most appropriate gifts any new programmer could receive. I couldn’t wait to elevate my understanding of Big O notation, so I figured I would review the principles to get started! For all intents and purposes, my…

As I slowly dip my toes into the great abyss of the Big O and binary searches, I am (again) humbled by LeetCode’s pattern for seemingly short answers for intimidating prompts. But nonetheless, this question reminded me the importance of staying sharp on the basics! The basis of this question…

Another day, another LeetCode problem! From the get-go the task at hand is to take a head of the sorted list and return the list without any duplicates. To help us, we can look at the notes given with the problem: /** * Definition for singly-linked list. * function ListNode(val…

Examples are your friends in disguise! On my leetcode journey I came across another classic challenge. The Roman to Integer coding challenge taught me a valuable lesson in paying attention to the given examples. Given examples and tables are there for a reason. …

A walkthrough and explanation of a classic LeetCode question I , like many others are starting their LeetCode studies to better themselves as engineers and ultimately ace the dreaded technical assessments. Immediately I found myself at odds with the easiest LeetCode questions and felt Imposter Syndrome coming for me…

Understanding state management, store, middleware, and more When first learning about Redux, I was confused by the concept of state. What exactly is state or state management? State management is a way to create an easy means of communicating and sharing data across components. …