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Recursion For Beginners - Understand Recursion

Did you try to learn recursion but without luck?

Did you try to learn recursion but failed?

Do you want to understand behind the scenes how recursion works? Do you want to understand how recursion work with arrays, strings, linked lists, binary trees? If the answer is yes on any of the questions, you came to the right place!

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Book is for anyone who wants to learn recursion, or brush up. It is full of code examples, minimal theory. All code samples are in JavaScript. Basic understanding of programming required

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Pavle Paunović

JavaScript Librarian experienced in building Single Page Web Applications. Pavle have years of experience in modern JavaScript/Front End Development.

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Table of Contents

Introduction and word of the author

What is recursion?

From while/for loops to recursion

Chapter 1: Recursion and arrays

  • Array sum
  • Stack
  • Largest number in array
  • Smallest number in array
  • Flatten nested array
  • Even numbers
  • Multiply numbers in array
  • Chapter 2: Recursion and strings

  • Recursive string reversal
  • Get number from a string
  • Palindrome
  • Shortest word in string
  • Nested string
  • Chapter 3: Recursion and linked lists

  • Appending data to linked list
  • Delete node at k index
  • Reversing linked list with recursion
  • Logging linked list data
  • Chapter 4: Recursion and binary trees

  • Creating a binary tree and appending data to it
  • Minimum value in binary tree
  • Maximum value in binary tree
  • Deep first search
  • Chapter 5: Recursion and backtracking

  • Permutations
  • Subsets
  • Combinations/li>
  • Chapter 6: Memoization and Tail recursion

  • Memoization
  • Tail recursion
  • Chapter 7: Inner game of recursion

  • Recursive leap of faith
  • Final words

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