Quicksort is a well-known sorting algorithm developed by C.A.R. Hoare: Quicksort. Computer Journal, Vol. 5, 1, 10-15 (1962). Quicksort is said to be the fastest sorting algorithm in practice. On average it makes Θ(nlogn) (big O notation) comparisons to sort n items, but in the worst cases it isas slow as bubble sort. Visually you can see below that how quicksort works (divide and conquer strategy). More...

Today I will discuss top coding tips which can be applied to any particular programming language. Also the tips will help you to write self documented programs which are easy to maintain and understand by anyone. 

Design first then code

Days are gone when we use to take pen and paper and write the pseudo code first draw the flow diagrams of the program. And at the end write the code on computer. Days are changed but still we need to apply SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) on every program we create. This makes the program bug/error free as well as maintenance easy. I suggest you read Martin Fowler's excellent article Is Design Dead? which explains it in more details. More...