‘Algorithm Visualizer’ is an educational or reference tool for the developer that steps in to help you by not only providing the typical description & useful applications for a bunch of the most commonly used algorithms, but also by showing you visually how they work by means of examples.
If you’re a software engineer or simply have some experience doing coding, you know that understanding & applying the right algorithm to solve a particular problem can be a daunting & complex process. One of the 1st steps would ideally be visualizing how an algorithm actually works, & this can be irksome since you need to wade through wordy, confusing descriptions, combined with math formulas & pseudo code.
With Algorithm Visualizer the data structure referenced by the algorithm is drawn on a pane & when you click on run, you step through all of the algorithm’s steps, showing step-by step results & your position on the graph or sort set.
At the same time, in 2 other panes, you can visualize the appropriate code for each algorithm that is implemented. 1 pane shows the example data & the other the actual documented code. You can even pause the execution or step backwards or forwards through the execution.
Currently, the implemented algorithms are:
- Graph Search: DFS, BFS, Dijskstra, Bellman-Ford, Floyd-Warshall, Topological-Sort
- Search: Binary Search
- Sorting: Insertion Sort, Selection Sort, Bubble Sort, Quicksort, Mergesort, Heap Sort
- Uncategorized: Dynamic Programming, Scratch Paper
The app is free & is being developed by Granbury, Texas-USA-based freelancer Jason Park. The latter, who was born in Korea, is a young, award winning programmer with ample experience in Java & web programming. The app can be run locally & was developed using JavaScript, with Jquery, Ajax/Ace, Sigmajs & Font Awesome, the Iconic Font & CSS Toolkit & is hosted on GitHub.
– This post is merely a startup profile based on publicly available information & not a review. –
