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Thomas Cansino
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[DAY 27-29] I Tried LeetCode Challenges For The First Time

Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog where I document the things I learned in web development. I do this because it helps retain the information and concepts as it is some sort of an active recall.

On days 27-29, I built a roman numeral converter and also tried answering 3 LeetCode challenges which are:

  1. Plus One Number Array
  2. Palindrome Checker
  3. Roman Numeral to Integer

Because of these projects, I was able to complete part 2 of the certification project of the data structures & algorithms in freecodecamp and test my current knowledge in coding if I can answer easy-rated challenges in LeetCode.

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At first, I thought answering the challenges was going to be easy, I was wrong. Despite its difficulty being rated as “EASY”, it took me a while to come up with a solution and put it into code. However, being able to finish the challenges gave me experience, confidence, and solidified my current knowledge in coding. Due to this, starting from now on, I am now going to answer 1 leetcode challenge per day to further improve my skills. The rewards of finishing the challenges are worth the effort.

Furthermore, building a roman numeral converter to complete part 2 of the certification project of the data structures & algorithms course is an opportunity to use my current knowledge in HTML, CSS, & Javascript. I was able to build a program that converts an integer to a roman numeral. As a result, I was able to enhance my current skills due to having the chance of applying it in a project and therefore, it consolidated my coding knowledge.

Anyways, that’s all for now, thank you for reading. I’ll see you all next blog!

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Thaísa Vieira

Great, Thomas! I love to use LeetCode to exercise my DSA skills and I also use HackerRank challenges. Please, check out this platform too, I'm sure you will like it.
Enjoy your journey and don't focus only on bright badges (like I did at the beginning of my journey)

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Thomas Cansino

Hey, Thaisa! Thank you for recommending HackerRank, I havent tried it yet but I'll check it out.

Goodluck to us!

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Thaísa Vieira

I'm sure you'll enjoy it too!