Thinking Recursively in Python

James Uejio 6 Lessons 24m
intermediate python

In this course, you’ll learn about recursion. Recursion is a powerful tool you can use to solve a problem that can be broken down into smaller variations of itself. You can create very complex recursive algorithms with only a few lines of code.

You’ll cover:

What recursion is
How to define a recursive function
How practical examples of recursive functions work
How to maintain state
How to optimize recursion

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Thinking Recursively in Python

6 Lessons 24m

1. Thinking Recursively in Python: Overview 04:19

2. Defining a Recursive Function 05:42

3. Multiple Recursive Calls 04:12

4. Maintaining State 02:39

5. Fibonacci and Optimizations 05:39

6. Python Recursion: Pesky Details & Summary 01:37

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About James Uejio

James is an avid Pythonista and creates video tutorials for Real Python. He is a web developer at Wish and also produces lo-fi hip hop and plays jazz guitar.

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Participant Comments

Ghani on Oct. 19, 2020

Excellent course James. Thanks also for the additional explanations and learning resources offered above.

sion on Nov. 18, 2019

Thank you for an excellent presentation and also for the real world notes you added for David. This has been very useful to me.

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