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The Role Of Data Structure And Algorithms In Programming

Most Computer Science students and working professionals tend to skip learning DSA, especially in India, because they find it quite complicated and also because they do not understand the benefits of it fully. What they fail to understand is that DSA has profound uses in various walks of life and not just in making an application more efficient. Popular programming competitions like IOI (International Olympiad in Informatics) and ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) have not had many winners from India due to various reasons. For instance, it is common knowledge that Indian students are not exposed to core programming skills or the concepts of DSA during their high schools. They are forced to prepare for competitive exams instead.  This means when these students represent India in IOI or ICPC they are put against participants from other countries who have nearly 4-5 years more programming and DSA experience than their Indian counterparts. Reasons to learn DSA Many peop

Microsoft Build 2020 at Glance

What all happened and what new technologies were talked about at Build 2020?? This was a different kind of Microsoft Build delivered in a new way, creating unique opportunities for us to explore the latest developer trends and tools in a series of detailed, expert-led key segments. It started with Microsoft CEO's  Satya Nadella keynote speech about empowering every developer i n this time of uncertainty, and how they will play a central role in reimagining the world we live in and accelerating our path to recovery.     After the speech, Imagine Cup Finals was conducted among 6 extraordinary teams with different and unique ideas that can create an impact on society and solve its problems from mental health to fake news. With every team pitching their ideas to judges, in the end it was difficult for judges to decide the winner but there had to be a champion and team Hollo who created an app to help people deal with mental health and stress was announced the champion of Imagine Cup