Recursion Crash Course

Learn the basics of recursion. What is it? Why should you care? Why does it confuse so many people? Along the way we'll take a look at multiple examples of recursive solutions.

[sephyanrp]

Dude, you really make programming concepts super easy to understand!

[adebanjoabiodundamilare]

I never comment on videos watched! But bro with the way you explained this. You are the best!!!!

[thegabization]

This was the clearest explanation I have found, thank you so much.

[bigbertha]

This is the first video I am watching on the topic and it’s still hard for me to grasp completely. You explained it very well though and I appreciate the words at the end. It’s encouraging and doesn’t make me feel like a complete moron for not completely getting it. Will be watching the rest of your videos.

[kimbuchanan]

I watched so many videos on recursion and you were the only one who explained what "return 1" does.

[usetotestt]

thank you so much. Every one act like an expert but they can't teach you annything, you hit the spot for 90% of those who want to learn.

[TinyMaths]

Just came from your FreeCodeCamp explanation and it was making sense, but this filled in the blanks. Best explanation I have seen so far.
finally I get it. It has taken me several days to get this; but you did it; thank you. You've made it so clear.

[Android-]

*Best and most simplified explanation on Recursion. Period.*

Classic Colt Steele session.

[justinsamuel]

This is literally the best video on the internet about recursion! Thank you!

[aqib]

Best teacher in the virtual world who can explain complex thing like a piece of cake so that even a dumb one can easily understand it

[marissakundera]

This has been soooo helpful! I'm still a bit confused but this is a great start. Your explanation was incredible. Thank you so much. I know I'm late to the party but wanted to let you know that 5 years later your video is still saving lives. I was crying my eyes out because I could not understand it but now I have a better idea of what is going on, so again, thank you <3

[bmac-czrk]

I am convinced Colt was sent by God to teach us all Web Development. No one will ever match his demeanor and the way he explains topics and makes them so visual and easy to understand.

[italoperezarribasplata]

You ROCK . I am currently taking your database crash course in Udemy and I am very pleased with the results. GREATLY APPRECIATED !!

[michaelolawunmi]

This was great. I went from having headache to having a good grasp of this concept in mins. Thank you sm!

[tony-k]

In my opinion this is the best explanation of what recursion is and how it works. Thank you, Colt!

[justadev____]

I've been through several youtube videos on recursion and struggled to grasp it, until now!! You are a gifted teacher! Gonna be attending hack reactor soon in SF and I wish you were a teacher there!!

[BusDriver]

I've watched a few vidoes on recursion - it finally clicked after this explanation.


I wasn't making the connection that the base case needed to be reached so that the other function call values could finally be solved. Makes perfect sense

[Raskabais]

The best explanation of recursion that I have ever heard and examples as a demonstration.

[numberneek]

Awesome explanation, cheers for that!
You’ve helped me understand that not only is it important to have a base case and some logic that changes the input every time, it’s also crucial that this logic eventually leads to the base case. Sounds obvious but this has been a real stumbling block for me

[dna]

best and patient explanation of recursion thus far .