CP Workshop

A curated resource guide for Competitive Programming & Interview Preparation

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🧩 What is Competitive Programming?

Competitive programming is solving well-defined problems by writing computer programs under specified limits.

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💼 Interview Preparation

Platform	Best For
LeetCode	Interview prep (highly recommended)
CodeChef	Mixed difficulty problems

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🏆 Competitive Programming Platforms

1. Codeforces
2. AtCoder
3. CSES Problem Set
4. USACO
5. Google Kickstart Archive
6. Google Code Jam Archive
7. Project Euler
8. Timus OJ
9. DMOJ
10. Toph
11. CS Academy
12. UVa Online Judge
13. SPOJ
14. OJ.uz

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📚 General Resources

• GeeksforGeeks
• cplusplus.com Tutorial
• CP-Algorithms (Advanced Topics)

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📝 Problem Sets

1. Problem Set 1
2. Problem Set 2
3. Google Interview Problems
4. Top 60 Must-Solve Questions

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🛠️ C++ STL

Reference Material

1. STL Table of Contents
2. GeeksforGeeks – STL
3. TopCoder STL Part 1
4. TopCoder STL Part 2 – Advanced
5. Vectors — ▶ Run Code
6. Set — ▶ Run Code

Practice Problems

• HackerEarth – C++ STL Monk
• A2OJ STL Problems

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⚡ Dynamic Programming

Articles & Tutorials

1. TopCoder – DP from Novice to Advanced
2. DP Novice to Advanced (Mirror)
3. CodeChef – DSA Prep (Foundation)
4. Non-Trivial DP Tricks
5. Everything About DP
6. Digit DP 1
7. Digit DP Solutions
8. Digit DP for Product Digits
9. Digit DP Tutorial (Bangla)
10. Digit DP – HackerRank
11. Digit DP Problem Solutions
12. DP on Trees
13. DP on Trees – Problem 3
14. DP on Trees (CommonLounge)
15. A Tricky DP Problem on Trees
16. Bitmask DP
17. SOS DP
18. Sum Over Subsets – GFG
19. Bitmask DP → SOS DP Buildup
20. DP Over Subsets and Graph Paths
21. Coin Problems
22. Nice DP Problem Editorial
23. Subsequence Length 3 Solution
24. Smallest Word Problem Tutorial
25. CodeChef DP Tutorials
26. How to Start Solving DP Problems (Quora)
27. Introduction to DP – HackerEarth
28. A Brief Introduction to DP (PDF)
29. DP Tutorials – VPlanet
30. DP Strategy (Quora)

YouTube Tutorials

1. DP Tutorial #1 – Errichto
2. DP Tutorial #2 – Errichto
3. DP Tutorial #3 – Errichto
4. LeetCode DP – Errichto
5. DP Playlist
6. DP Playlist – gkcs
7. DP Playlist 2
8. DP Playlist 3
9. DP Playlist 4
10. DP Playlist 5
11. DP Playlist 6
12. DP Playlist 7
13. AtCoder DP Contest Stream
14. VPlanet DP Tutorials
15. Algorithms Live

Practice Problems

1. AtCoder DP Contest
2. Marathon DP Contest (cloned)
3. VPlanet DP Contests
4. A2OJ DP Problems
5. DP for Beginners – LeetCode
6. DP on Strings – LeetCode
7. DP Max/Min – LeetCode
8. DP Merging Intervals – LeetCode
9. DP Distinct Ways – LeetCode

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📖 Books

1. Competitive Programmer's Handbook – Antti Laaksonen (Free PDF)
2. Advanced Competitive Programming – 25 Books Collection

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🧭 How to Practice

• A Way to Practice Competitive Programming (PDF) by E869120

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📺 YouTube Channels

Channel	Focus
Computerphile	CS concepts
Errichto	CP tutorials
Rachit Jain	CP & interviews
William Lin	CP
Kevin Naughton Jr.	LeetCode
mycodeschool	DS & Algorithms
Nick White	LeetCode solutions
SecondThread	CP (Java)
freeCodeCamp	Learn to code

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