Don’t Understand Graphs? Here’s Why You Should Study Graphs in Computer Science

Bennett Garner
5 min readDec 15, 2018

Graphs are everywhere, all around you! But chances are you don’t really understand them.

A directed, weighted, cyclic graph. A lot of jargon. Don’t worry, I’ll explain.

For many self-taught devs, graphs can be intimidating and difficult to learn.

For that matter, graphs can be baffling to experienced devs and computer science grads who haven’t worked with them for a while.

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Bennett Garner

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