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The Recursive Book of Recursion: Ace the Coding Interview with Python and JavaScript - Softcover

Sweigart, Al

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9781718502024: The Recursive Book of Recursion: Ace the Coding Interview with Python and JavaScript
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1718502028 ISBN 13: 9781718502024
Publisher: No Starch Press, 2022

Synopsis

An accessible yet rigorous crash course on recursive programming using Python and JavaScript examples.

Recursion has an intimidating reputation: it’s considered to be an advanced computer science topic frequently brought up in coding interviews. But there’s nothing magical about recursion.
 
The Recursive Book of Recursion uses Python and JavaScript examples to teach the basics of recursion, exposing the ways that it’s often poorly taught and clarifying the fundamental principles of all recursive algorithms. You’ll learn when to use recursive functions (and, most importantly, when not to use them), how to implement the classic recursive algorithms often brought up in job interviews, and how recursive techniques can help solve countless problems involving tree traversal, combinatorics, and other tricky topics.
 
This project-based guide contains complete, runnable programs to help you learn:
 

  • How recursive functions make use of the call stack, a critical data structure almost never discussed in lessons on recursion
  • How the head-tail and “leap of faith” techniques can simplify writing recursive functions
  • How to use recursion to write custom search scripts for your filesystem, draw fractal art, create mazes, and more
  • How optimization and memoization make recursive algorithms more efficient
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    Al Sweigart has built a career explaining programming concepts in a fun, approachable manner. If you’ve shied away from learning recursion but want to add this technique to your programming toolkit, or if you’re racing to prepare for your next job interview, this book is for you.

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    About the Author

    Al Sweigart is a software developer and tech book author living in Houston. Python is his favorite programming language, and he is the developer of several open source modules for it. His other books are freely available under a Creative Commons license on his website at https://www.inventwithpython.com/.

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    Publisher
    No Starch Press
    Publication date
    2022
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    1718502028
    ISBN 13 
    9781718502024
    Binding
    Paperback
    Number of pages
    328
    Rating
    • 4.25 out of 5 stars
      48 ratings by Goodreads