On Sunday, 7 October 2018 at 20:27:47 UTC, eastanon wrote:
Are there reading resources on Data structures and Algorithms
in D? There are several such books in the C/C++ and Java world
and many senior/experienced D users might have come across them
in C. But for people who join D after reading Ali's book, a
data structures and algorithms book in D would be a great next
step. i.e. a book that uses D's idioms and best practices. Any
such material in development or recommended blog posts?
AFAIK there is no specific book that focuses and delves into Data
structures and Algorithms specifically, however there are some
books (besides Ali's) that touches on it - at least in a limited
sense specific to the topics in each book.
For example, Adam D. Ruppe's 'D Cookbook' has a chapter on
Ranges, which also covers using ranges when implementing/using
algorithms.
Likewise Michael Parker's 'Learning D' book has 2 chapters that
touches on Ranges and Algorithms:
- Chapter 6: Understanding Ranges
- Chapter 7: Composing Functional Pipelines with Algorithms
and Ranges
I'm not sure about Andrei's TDPL book - I read it so long ago I
cannot remember. (And I don't have my copy with me so I cannot
check). And Kai Nacke's 'D Web Development' book does not really
cover these topics either.
Of the above-mentioned 2 books (that do cover it), I think
Michael's book is the better resource at the moment (that I am
aware of anyway). But I'm not sure if I will claim that it covers
these topics better than Ali's book at the moment - so maybe it
is not going to be good enough for you either.
Ali's book anyway seems to be regularly updated (since he
self-publishes it) to be up-to-date with the latest in the D
language/ecosystem, so I think we will see any new info on this
in Ali's book before any other book manages to bring out a new
edition (the other books just regularly published - so are in
effect really snapshots of the language at the time of
publication).
Of course, this is besides the problem that containers are
(still!) somewhat lacking in D compared to other languages - you
just need to look at [1] to see that.
[1] https://dlang.org/phobos/std_container.html
