Competitive Programming Overview and Preparation.
                     COMPETIT IVE  
PROGRAMMING:  
OVERVIEW AND 
PREPARATION
WHAT IS  
COMPET IT IVE  
PROGRAMMING?
Competitive programming is a mind sport usually 
held over the Internet or a local network, involving 
participants trying to program according to 
provided specifications. 
Contestants are referred to as sport programmers. 
There are several organizations who host 
programming competitions on a regular basis.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO 
DO?
Keep in mind that you need to be proficient with 
the following:
1. Any programming language syntax (Choose 
any but highly recommended C/C++/Java).
2. Time and space complexity algorithms analysis.
3. Ability to think about a Brute Force Solution.
4. Good practice of all Data Structures like Array, 
List, Stack, Queue, Tree, Graph, Trie etc.
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How to prepare yourself for 
Competitive Programming?
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CHOOSE A  
PROGRAMMING 
L ANGUAGE
Firstly, you need to choose a programming 
language that you are most comfortable 
with and learn its syntax. It can be 
anything C, C++, Java, Python, or any 
programming language. 
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U N D E R S TA N D  T H E  
C O N C E P T  O F  T I M E  A N D  
S PAC E  C O M P L E X I T Y
In most of the cases there is more than one 
solution that exists to a problem so you 
need to come up with the best solution i.e. 
optimal one and that’s decided by how 
much time and space an algorithm takes to 
solve a problem. 
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L E A R N  T H E  
F U N D A M E N TA L S  O F  
D ATA  S T R U C T U R E S  A N D  
A L G O R I T H M S
 DSA is the heart of programming and you can 
not ignore it while solving coding problems in 
competitive programming. 
Array, Linked List, Stack, Queue, Tree, Trie, 
Graph, Sorting, Recursion, Dynamic 
Programming all these basic building blocks of 
DSA will help you to become a good 
programmer. 
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TA KE  TH E  C H AL L E N G E  
A ND  S O LV E  C O D IN G  
P R O B L E M S
Before participating in contest it would be great 
if you practice for some challenges on your own 
and then participate there.
Start from the basic level on these sites and 
once you build the confidence, get out of your 
comfort zone and gradually try to solve the 
complex problems. 
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PRACTICE  AND DO 
IT  REGUL ARLY
Your patience, dedication, and consistency are 
very important to become a good competitive 
programmer. 
Keep practicing the coding questions every 
single day on these platforms or you can also 
take the help of whiteboard to solve coding 
questions but the important thing is to do it 
regularly. 
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PRACTICE  AND DO 
IT  REGUL ARLY
Your patience, dedication, and consistency are 
very important to become a good competitive 
programmer. 
Keep practicing the coding questions every 
single day on these platforms or you can also 
take the help of whiteboard to solve coding 
questions but the important thing is to do it 
regularly. 
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THANK YOU
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