UIL Programming Resources

Use these resources to practice for upcoming UIL tests, along with learning more about Java through practice.

Links

Places to Practice/Compete

• CodingBat
  • Good for beginners
  • Good for learning Java basics, up to recursion
• Hackerrank
  • Good for indermediates
  • Has quite a lot of practice problems
• Leetcode
  • Far more challenging questions than others listed
  • Helpful for the programming section of the competition
• USACO
  • Extremely Good for practicing programming
• Codeforces
• AtCoder
• HackerEarth
• Kattis
• Virtual Judge
• CS Academy
• CodeChef
• Topcoder
• Timus Online Judge
• TLX
• SPOJ
• DMOJ

Documention

• Java Documentation
  • Full list of all functions that are used inside Java

Tutorials

• W3 Schools Java Tutorial
  • Full tutorial and guide for all Java basics
• Regular Expressions
  • A comprehensive list of all regular expresion tricks
• USACO Guide
• CSES Problem Set
• USACO Training Gateway
• TopCoder CP Tutorials
• CS 97SI Stanford Course

Testing

• Regular Expressions
  • A place to test regular expressions against test strings

Resources

• CP Algorithms
  • Contains a list of most algorithms used for competitive programming.
• Geeks for Geeks

Calendars

• CP Calendar
  • An upcoming list of most competitive programming challenges
• Hackerrank Calendar