Intro to Recursion: Anatomy of a Recursive Solution

Опубликовано: 26 Март 2026
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Recursion allows us to implement solutions in an elegant way and acts as a baseline for implementing more advanced algorithms.

In this video we cover:
Understand why we use recursion - 0:35
When to use recursion - 1:05
A visual example of recursion - 1:35
Anatomy of recursion - 2:10
Factorial Conceptual Overview - 3:00
Factorial Javascript Implementation - 8:03
Complexity Analysis - 9:30
Recap - 10:16

Practice Recursion with the First Factorial Challenge: http://bit.ly/challenge-first-factorial

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