Required computer science/ software engineering background
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Programming Fundamentals
Basics
Arrays, loops, functions, reading/writing data, objects, vectors, lists, variables, expressions, factors
Udacity’s Intro to Computer Science and Programming Foundations with Python are great resources to both learn programming and python. You can view and learn the course material for free or you can take the course and get extra help.
Data structures
Specifically focus on understanding graphs, trees (binary trees), hash functions, algorithm complexity & big O notation
TODO: find good resource
Algorithms
Searching and manupilating graphs and trees, sorting Algorithms, and searching algorithms.
TODO: find good free resource
Numerical methods
Understand how rounding errors affect calculations.
Next Steps
Once you think you have the required programming background, go can go back to the required background and complete the rest of the modules.