hey guys, this post is about how to get started on one of the biggest coding site Topcoder. You must have observed that this is not an ordinary coding site like codechef and codeforces where you can just open a problem and submit your solution. This is because of the following two reasons.....
1. Topcoder has a java applet called Arena on which you can write your code and after then compile and test your code against the various test cases.
2. Topcoder allows only Object-Oriented Languages like C++, Java, C99 etc . This means that if you are a C coder then you must shift to C++ in order to compete on topcoder.
Before beginning let me tell you that topcoder hosts a number of Algorithmic competitions and the most common among them are SRMs (Single Round Matches)...
Now do the following steps........
1. Open the Topcoder website.
2. Register yourself on the site. If you are already registered then simply click on the 'Go to Community Portal' link on the top-right of the page.
3. Now on the top-left corner of the new page you would observe a lot of symbols... Click on 'O(n)' symbol. when u place your mouse pointer on it you would see 'Algorithm Competitions' appearing below.
4. On the new window click on the red button which says 'Load Competition Arena'. A '.jnlp' file would be downloaded. Now Launch this Java file and after a few seconds you would notice a beautiful arena appearing on your screen..
5. Simply enter your Username and Password and click on the 'go' button. Now you are ready to code, practise and compete. Below picture shows a view of the Arena after you login in.....
Now i would suggest you to observe the various functionalities of the Arena by clicking on various buttons..
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