The context: this is an exercise that was given to me in a coding boot camp. The solution was compiled in a JavaScript file in repl.it and the user interaction was within the terminal.

The Prompt

We have been instructed to update the old Scrabble scorer algorithm with these five steps:

1. initialPrompt: ask the user which scoring algorithm they wish to use
2. transformFunction: as the name suggests, transforms the oldPointStructure and returns a newPointStructure
3. Construct three different scoring algorithms(each will be an object with 3 key/value pairs(not sure how this is going to work/look at this point)
4. scoringAlgorithmsArray: initialize this array
5. runProgam: tie it all together

This seems like a huge feat and I have no idea how to get from where I'm at (zero code) to having a fully function program that does all of the things listed above. But hopefully by taking this into chunks it will seem more like a sequence of hills than Mt Everest.

initialPrompt

• Ask the user which scoring algorithm they wish to use

This will require a readline-sync. The code for this is:

const input = require("readline-sync");
let info = input.question("Question text...");

We want the prompt to be: [ Welcome to the Scrabble score calculator! Which scoring algorithm would you like to use? 0 - Scrabble: The traditional scoring algorithm. 1 - Simple Score: Eash letter is worth 1 point. 2 - Bonus Vowels: Vowels are worth 3 pts, and consonants are 1 pt.

Enter 0, 1, or 2: ]

The code for this would look like:

let initialPrompt = function() {
   const input = require("readline-sync");
   let info = input.question(`Welcome to the Scrabble score calculator!
   Which scoring algorithm would you like to use?

   0 - Scrabble: The traditional scoring algorithm.
   1 - Simple Score: Each letter is worth 1 point. 
   2 - Bonus Vowels: Vowels are worth 3 pts, and consonants are 1 pt.

   Enter 0, 1, or 2: `);
}
initialPrompt();

I use a template literal here so I don't have to enter (/n) every time I want a new line.

Woah. Done with the first step.

The following steps are coming soon! :)