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In the string videos we talked about the backwards approach to function design. Unforunately, this technique does not combine well with iterative testing. In this video we look at an alternative…

Once we have an algorithm, it is time to get started writing code. In this video we talk about function stubs, which are how we get started. We like function stubs because they act as placeholders…

The focus of the first assignment will be to write functions that take a string as input and produce a string as output. We sometimes call this (informally) string processing. This can be a daunting…