diff --git a/applications/no_dups/no_dups.py b/applications/no_dups/no_dups.py
index caa162c8c..6e01c1b95 100644
--- a/applications/no_dups/no_dups.py
+++ b/applications/no_dups/no_dups.py
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 def no_dups(s):
-    # Your code here
+    # edge case of empty string
+    if s == "":
+        return ""
+    # separate the list of words into an array
+    word_array = s.split(" ")
 
+    # create an empty list
+    no_dups_array = []
+    # check to see if the word was already in the array 
+    for word in word_array:
+        # if not then add 
+        if word not in no_dups_array:
+            no_dups_array.append(word)
+    
+    # put the array back into a string and return
+    return " ".join(no_dups_array)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/applications/word_count/word_count.py b/applications/word_count/word_count.py
index a20546425..d5c52d9c4 100644
--- a/applications/word_count/word_count.py
+++ b/applications/word_count/word_count.py
@@ -1,9 +1,41 @@
+import re
 def word_count(s):
-    # Your code here
+    # make the list all lower case 
+    lower_s = s.lower()
+    #remove special characters
+    special_chars = ['"', ':', ';', ',', '.', '-', '+', '=', '/', '\\', '|', '[', ']', '{', '}', '(', ')', '*', '^', '&']
+    for special in special_chars:
+        lower_s = lower_s.replace(special, '')
+    for s in ['\r','\t','\n']:
+        lower_s = lower_s.replace(s, " ")
+        
+    # create an array from the string separating on empty spaces
+    word_list = lower_s.split(" ")
+    # create an empty dictionary
+    word_dic = {}
 
+    #check for edge case of empty string
+    if s == "":
+        return {}
+
+    # loop through array 
+    for word in word_list:
+        # ignore if empty space
+        if word == "":
+            continue
+        #if the word is in the dictionary add by 1
+        if word in word_dic:
+            word_dic[word] += 1
+        # else create a new element in the dictionary
+        else:
+            word_dic[word] = 1
+
+    # return the dictionary
+    return word_dic
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(word_count('a a\ra\na\ta \t\r\n'))
     print(word_count(""))
     print(word_count("Hello"))
     print(word_count('Hello, my cat. And my cat doesn\'t say "hello" back.'))
diff --git a/hashtable/hashtable.py b/hashtable/hashtable.py
index 0205f0ba9..e2391d2f8 100644
--- a/hashtable/hashtable.py
+++ b/hashtable/hashtable.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ def __init__(self, key, value):
 # Hash table can't have fewer than this many slots
 MIN_CAPACITY = 8
 
-
 class HashTable:
     """
     A hash table that with `capacity` buckets
@@ -21,7 +20,9 @@ class HashTable:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, capacity):
-        # Your code here
+        self.capacity = MIN_CAPACITY
+        self.storage = [None] * capacity
+        self.length = 0
 
 
     def get_num_slots(self):
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ def get_num_slots(self):
 
         Implement this.
         """
-        # Your code here
+        return self.capacity
 
 
     def get_load_factor(self):
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ def get_load_factor(self):
 
         Implement this.
         """
-        # Your code here
+        return self.length / self.capacity
 
 
     def fnv1(self, key):
@@ -52,9 +53,7 @@ def fnv1(self, key):
 
         Implement this, and/or DJB2.
         """
-
-        # Your code here
-
+        
 
     def djb2(self, key):
         """
@@ -62,8 +61,11 @@ def djb2(self, key):
 
         Implement this, and/or FNV-1.
         """
-        # Your code here
+        hash = 5381
+        for i in key: 
+            hash = (( hash << 5)  + hash)+ ord(i)
 
+        return hash & 0xffffffff 
 
     def hash_index(self, key):
         """
@@ -81,7 +83,44 @@ def put(self, key, value):
 
         Implement this.
         """
-        # Your code here
+        # index = self.hash_index(key)
+        # self.storage[index] = value
+
+        # the index is the spot where it's going
+        index = self.hash_index(key)
+        # node is the entry itself
+        new_node = HashTableEntry(key, value)
+
+        # keep track of the current node = head
+        current_node = self.storage[index]
+
+        # If this is the first node, create the node and increase the length to 1
+        if current_node is None:
+            self.storage[index] = new_node
+            self.length += 1
+            return 
+
+        # as long as we aren't working with an empty or repeat node
+        while current_node is not None and current_node.key != key:
+            # the current node will now be the previous
+            prev = current_node
+            # we are making the current node the next one in line
+            current_node = current_node.next
+        
+        # if we are working with an empty list, the new_node is now the previous node 
+        if current_node is None:
+            prev.next = new_node
+            self.length += 1
+        # otherwise assign the value to the current node    
+        else:
+            current_node.value = value
+
+        # calculate the load factor
+        load_factor = self.get_load_factor()
+
+        # if the load factor is higher than 0.7 double the capacity
+        if load_factor > 0.7:
+            self.resize(self.capacity * 2)
 
 
     def delete(self, key):
@@ -92,7 +131,31 @@ def delete(self, key):
 
         Implement this.
         """
-        # Your code here
+        index = self.hash_index(key)
+        node = self.storage[index]
+
+        if node.key == key:
+            self.storage[index] = node.next
+            self.length -= 1
+            return 
+
+        while node is not None and node.key != key:
+            prev_node = node 
+            node = node.next
+        
+        if node is None:
+            return None
+
+        prev_node.next = node.next
+        self.length -= 1
+
+        load_factor = self.get_load_factor()
+
+        if load_factor < MIN_CAPACITY:
+            self.resize(self.capacity)
+
+
+        self.storage[index] = None
 
 
     def get(self, key):
@@ -103,8 +166,21 @@ def get(self, key):
 
         Implement this.
         """
-        # Your code here
-
+        # keep track of the index of the hashtable
+        index = self.hash_index(key)
+        # return self.storage[index]
+
+        # this is to keep track of the linked list inside each container
+        node = self.storage[index]
+        
+        # we are going to loop through the entire linked list until we run out of entries
+        # or we find a match
+        while node is not None and node.key != key:
+            # if we find a match then we assign the value of the next node to our node. 
+            node = node.next
+        # if we don't find the value we return none 
+        # if we find it then we return the value
+        return None if node is None else node.value
 
     def resize(self, new_capacity):
         """
@@ -113,7 +189,17 @@ def resize(self, new_capacity):
 
         Implement this.
         """
-        # Your code here
+        old_storage = self.storage
+        self.capacity = new_capacity
+        self.storage = [None] * self.capacity
+
+        for i in range(len(old_storage)):
+            node = old_storage[i]
+
+            while node is not None:
+                index = self.hash_index(node.key)
+                self.storage[index] = node
+                node = node.next