Aaron

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Aaron Melton

Business Analyst @Aditi Consulting

Course overview

In this course, you’ll learn about recursion, binary trees, binary heaps, and more. By the end, you’ll be able to explain the difference between iteration and recursion, build a binary heap to query large datasets, implement and query a dataset using Binary Search trees, and more.

Best of all, you’ll learn by doing — you’ll practice and get feedback directly in the browser. At the end of the course, you’ll complete a guided project in which you’ll use a B-Tree to implement a key-value datastore in Python.

Key skills

  • Traversing tree data structures using recursion
  • Using different types of tree data structures
  • Explaining the various types of tree data structures

Course outline

Recursion and Trees for Data Engineering [8 lessons]

Overview of Recursion 2h

Lesson Objectives
  • Traverse tree data structures using recursion
  • Identify the different types of tree data structures
  • Implement different tree data structures

Introduction to Binary Trees 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Define the binary tree structure
  • Identify common algorithms used on the binary tree

Working with Binary Search Trees 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Run a binary search tree
  • Identify when to use a binary search tree over a heap
  • Identify the runtime of binary search tree algorithms

Implementing a Binary Heap 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Build a binary heap structure
  • Determine which problems to solve using a binary heap
  • Identify the runtime of binary heap algorithms

Performance Boosts of Using a B-Tree 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Run a B-Tree
  • Determine when to use a B-Tree over a binary search tree
  • Implement important B-Tree algorithms

Implement a B-Tree data structure 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Speed up search queries using an index
  • Serialize Python objects to speed up algorithm loading
  • Measure B-Tree algorithm speeds

Implementing a CSV Index with a B-Tree 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Extend a class
  • Build range queries for a B-tree
  • Serialize python objects

Guided Project: Implementing a Key-Value Database 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Adapt a data structure to create a database
  • Implement a key-value database

Projects in this course

Guided Project: Implementing a Key-Value Database

Use a B-Tree to implement a key-value datastore in Python.

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Aaron

Aaron Melton

Business Analyst at Aditi Consulting

“Dataquest starts at the most basic level, so a beginner can understand the concepts. I tried learning to code before, using Codecademy and Coursera. I struggled because I had no background in coding, and I was spending a lot of time Googling. Dataquest helped me actually learn.”

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