answer-firstcoding
nounUK /ˈɑːnsə fɜːst ˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /ˈænsər fɜrst ˈkoʊdɪŋ/
Answer-first coding is when you write the answer you want before you write the code.
The teacher showed us answer-first coding by writing the expected result on the board first.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A teaching method where students state the expected answer before building a program.
In answer-first coding lessons, kids say what the robot should do before they program it.
3. A teamwork habit of agreeing on the desired result before anyone writes code.
Our group used answer-first coding to decide the game's score display before splitting up the work.
4. A debugging approach that starts from the correct answer and works backward to find the mistake.
Using answer-first coding, she compared the right total with her program's output to spot the bug.