With this (my first) article I intend to give a little introduction into the analysis of algorithms, to show why it is necessary and how it basically works. There are many algorithms out there to give a solution to the same problem and every programmer should know why they use which one in a particular situation. As this was my first article, it should also be an opportunity for the readers to tell me which aspects of the analysis should be highlighted and to give me some feedback. Thank you anyway for the comment, the next post will be concerned with a more specific topic.