Skip to content

docs: enhance README with table of contents, installation guide, and features section #13330

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Jump to bottom
Open
wants to merge 2 commits into
base: master
Choose a base branch
from
Open

docs: enhance README with table of contents, installation guide, and features section #13330

wants to merge 2 commits into from

Conversation

devvratpathak
Copy link

Description

This PR enhances the README.md file to improve user experience and provide comprehensive documentation as requested in issue #13111.

Changes Made

  • ✅ Table of Contents: Added comprehensive navigation with anchor links to all major sections
  • ✅ About Section: Added clear description of repository purpose and target audience
  • ✅ Features Section: Listed all algorithm categories covered (sorting, searching, graphs, dynamic programming, machine learning, etc.)
  • ✅ Installation Guide: Added step-by-step instructions including:
    • Repository cloning
    • Virtual environment setup (Windows & macOS/Linux)
    • Dependency installation
  • ✅ Usage Examples: Included three practical examples:
    • Running algorithms directly
    • Importing algorithms into projects
    • Running doctests
  • ✅ Contributing Section: Enhanced with quick start commands and contribution guidelines
  • ✅ License Section: Added explicit MIT License information with explanation

Why These Changes?

These improvements make the README more user-friendly for:

  • New contributors looking to get started quickly
  • Students learning algorithms
  • Developers wanting to use these implementations
  • Anyone needing clear navigation through the documentation

Related Issue

Fixes #13111

Checklist

  • README enhancements follow the issue requirements
  • All sections are well-organized with clear headings
  • Code examples are properly formatted
  • Links to other documentation files are correct
  • Table of contents links work properly

@devvrat8848
docs: enhance README with table of contents, installation guide, and …
63de429 
…features section

- Add comprehensive table of contents for easy navigation
- Include detailed installation steps with virtual environment setup
- Add usage examples showing how to run and import algorithms
- Create features section listing all algorithm categories
- Add explicit license section with MIT License information
- Expand contributing section with quick start guide
- Add about section explaining repository purpose

Fixes TheAlgorithms#13111
@algorithms-keeper algorithms-keeper bot added documentation This PR modified documentation files awaiting reviews This PR is ready to be reviewed tests are failing Do not merge until tests pass labels Oct 7, 2025
@devvrat8848
docs: enhance README with table of contents, installation guide, and …
96aa436 
…features section

- Add comprehensive table of contents for easy navigation
- Include detailed installation steps with virtual environment setup
- Add usage examples showing how to run and import algorithms
- Create features section listing all algorithm categories
- Add explicit license section with MIT License information
- Expand contributing section with quick start guide
- Add about section explaining repository purpose

Fixes TheAlgorithms#13111
@algorithms-keeper algorithms-keeper bot removed the tests are failing Do not merge until tests pass label Oct 7, 2025
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Reviewers

No reviews

Assignees

No one assigned

Labels

awaiting reviews This PR is ready to be reviewed documentation This PR modified documentation files

Projects

None yet

Milestone

No milestone

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

enhancement of readme document

2 participants

@devvratpathak @devvrat8848