Have you heard ofstacks and wondered what they are? Do you have a general idea but are wondering how to implement a Python stack? You’ve come to the right place!

In this course, you’ll learn:

• How to recognize when a stack is a good choice for adata structure
• How to decide whichimplementation is best for your program
• What extra considerations to make about stacks in athreading or multiprocessing environment

This course is for Pythonistas who are comfortablerunning scripts, know what alist is and how to use it, and are wondering how to implement Python stacks.

What’s Included:

• 4 Lessons
• Video Subtitles and Full Transcripts
• 2 Downloadable Resources
• Accompanying Text-Based Tutorial
• Q&A With Python Experts: Ask a Question
• Certificate of Completion

Downloadable Resources:

• Course Slides (.pdf)
• Sample Code (.py)

Related Learning Paths:

• Classic Data Structures and Algorithms

Implementing a Stack in Python

4 Lessons 20m

1. 1. What Is a Stack?05:34
2. 2. Implementing a Stack in Python04:08
3. 3. Concurrency With Python Stacks05:54
4. 4. Which Implementation Should You Use?05:05

AboutLiam Pulsifer

Liam is a software engineer and avid Pythonista. When he's not writing code to automate all of his daily tasks, you can often find him running, playing basketball and tennis, reading, or eating good food.

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