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No matter whether you are developing a simple application helping your grandmother quickly text her daughter, or a complex enterprise application, it is highly likely that you will use some sort of data structure. Data structure are not only a very good way of storing and organizing data, but they are also a standardized way of managing data properly.  It is crucial for a software developer to know data structure, and also when to use a particular type of them when trying to solve a problem. With the correct data structure, the developer should not only have the means to solve the problem effectively, but also efficiently. In this article, you can see a data structure usage compass, intended more for Java Developers. Continue reading