Description
The Mighty Dictionary
Presented by Brandon Craig Rhodes
Both newcomers and experienced developers alike love Python's built-in data types — especially dictionaries! But how do dictionaries work? What do they do better than other container types, and where, on the other hand, are their weaknesses? Using simple, vivid diagrams that show the secrets of how the dictionary is implemented, and a series of progressively interesting examples of its behavior, we will train the Python developer's mind to picture what the dictionary is doing in just enough detail to make good decisions, as your data sets get larger, about when to use dictionaries and when other data structures might be more appropriate.