How to Make a Word Count Tool

In this walkthrough, we'll learn how to build a basic "Word Count" Goodie Instant Answer. You can find the code on Github to follow along.

We've done it as a screencast about for those who enjoy learning from video tutorials.

Set Up Your Development Environment

To follow along with this screencast, we'll first need to set up our development environment. There are three main steps:

1. Fork the Goodie repository on Github.com. (How?)
2. Set up the DuckDuckHack environment on Codio.com (How?)
3. Clone your Github fork onto the Codio environment. (How?)

If this is your first time developing an Instant Answer, check out our detailed, step-by-step guide to getting your development environment set up.

Once this is done, you're ready to go! Make sure to click "HD".