This practical introduction to data structures and algorithms builds on Robert Lafore's Java-based guide to explain exactly how data structures and algorithms operate. Dr. John Canning, Alan Broder and Robert Lafore show how to efficiently apply them with Python and scale your code to handle today's big data challenges.

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Throughout, the authors focus on real-world examples, communicate key ideas with interactive visualizations, and limit complexity and math to what you need to improve performance. Step-by-step, they introduce arrays, sorting, stacks, queues, linked lists, recursion, binary trees, 2-3-4 trees, hash tables, spatial data structures, graphs, and more.

Author: Dr. John Canning, Alan Broder and Robert Lafore
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Date: October 2022
Pages: 928
ISBN: 978-0134855684
Print: ‎ 013485568X
Kindle: ‎ B0B1WJF1K9
Audience: Python developers
Level: Intermediate
Category: Theory & Techniques 

• Build core computer science skills that take you beyond merely “writing code”
• Learn how data structures make programs (and programmers) more efficient
• See how data organization and algorithms affect how much you can do with today's, and tomorrow's, computing resources
• Develop data structure implementation skills you can use in any language
• Choose the best data structure(s) and algorithms for each programming problem―and recognize which ones to avoid.

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