🤔 Calling all programmers! 🚀 Have you ever felt lost while transitioning from Python to C++? 🐍➡️🔢 Don’t worry, you’re not alone!
I recently made the switch and boy, oh boy, it’s been a challenge! 😅 But hey, that’s how we grow as developers, right? 💪
Here’s my burning question: 🤯 Should I use pre-written code for algorithms like quicksort and mergesort in C++ to help me grasp the concepts faster, or is it better to struggle through building them from scratch? 🤷♂️
Here are a few possible solutions that might help us all out:
– Use pre-written code to understand the logic and flow of the algorithms 🤓
– Analyze and test the pre-written code to see how it works 🔍
– Challenge yourself to rebuild the algorithms from scratch once you have a good grasp on them 🛠️
Let’s learn and grow together as we navigate this exciting but sometimes frustrating journey into the world of C++! 💻💬 #PythonToC++ #ProgrammingJourney #AlgorithmStruggles 🙌
Quicksort is a little tricky to write, actually. Did you ever implement it in Python?
One way to do quicksort is to do it on paper. Create an array of say, 5 elements, and predict, after each step, what quicksort does based on the code you write.
How comfortable are you with recursion?
Also, it’s good to test it in small cases, like 1 element array or 2 element array to get the base case right.
Try proactive debugging, like printing intermediate states in places where you *don’t* think have a bug.
C++ has much less runtime checks than Python so you need to rely on yourself more than the compiler when locating bugs. Just print everything and investigate when things stop matching your paper-and-pen predictions.
Don’t be too hard on yourself, C++ is a beast even for seasoned devs.