Thinking Recursively in Python

James Uejio

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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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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matteoarellano on Feb. 24, 2022

This is amazing explanation. Thank you so much!

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Ghani on Oct. 19, 2020

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

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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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