How to Learn Dynamic Programming from Scratch?

For numerous decades, dynamic programming (DP) is being used as a powerful algorithmic tool similar to a divide-and-conquer approach for problem-solving. When using DP to solve larger problems, optimal solutions for sub-problems are re-used and not recomputed. Several articles and books have been written on DP, however, students of computer science all around the world still struggle to understand it. In this article, the concept of DP is explained with the help of examples in a step-by-step approach. Later in the article, a survey was conducted to compare the proposed approach with state-of-the-art Cormen's approach based on the parameters of organization, understandability, and easiness. The proposed approach outperformed the Cormen's approach by 75.73% on the parameters of organization, understandability, and easiness.