# The Depth-First Search Pattern: Exploring Trees and Graphs

DevFeed: [The Depth-First Search Pattern: Exploring Trees and Graphs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-depth-first-search-pattern-exploring-trees-and-graphs-18203.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.francofernando.com/p/the-depth-first-search-pattern-exploring>)

Author: Franco Fernando

Published: 2026-06-13T10:01:23Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [The Polymathic Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-polymathic-engineer.md>)

Topics: [Graphs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphs.md>)

Tags: [graphs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphs.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains depth-first search, a systematic method for exploring trees and graphs by going as deep as possible before backtracking.

## Source excerpt

How to systematically search through all paths by going as deep as possible before backtracking