Scrabble Challenge

Welcome to the Scrabble challenge!

Learning Objectives

• Build a simple program using functions, loops, and flow control
• Use git & GitHub to commit work and open a Pull Request

Instructions

1. Fork this repository and then:

$ git clone https://github.com/<YOUR GITHUB USERNAME>/pre-academy-scrabble-challenge.git && cd pre-academy-scrabble-challenge
$ npm install # installs dependencies listed in package.json

2. Run the tests from your project root directory. There should be a lot of failures to begin with. You can run your test suite in a few ways:

$ npm test
# or
$ jasmine
# or run jasmine directly
$ ./node_modules/jasmine/bin/jasmine.js

3. In GitHub, open a Pull Request from your forked repository to the challenge repository.
4. Implement the criteria below locally and push your code to your repository! Every push to a branch that has an open Pull Request will update it automatically with your changes.
5. Check the status of the automated tests on the Pull Request - if successful you should see something like this:

• You should see that the 4 checks have passed - essentially these run the tests that we have provided for the Standard Criteria
  • if these do not pass, your solution is not correct and you need to revisit your code
  • you will not need to make another pull request, simply add and commit further changes to your code and recheck the status again
• You are not allowed to merge your changes into the digital-futures-academy/pre-academy-scrabble-challenge repository at this point
• Merging is blocked - you cannot merge your changes but rest assured, the team can see your pull request from our end!

Task

Given a word, compute the scrabble score for that word.

Letter Values

You'll need these:

Letter	Value
A, E, I, O, U, L, N, R, S, T	1
D, G	2
B, C, M, P	3
F, H, V, W, Y	4
K	5
J, X	8
Q, Z	10

Example "cabbage" should be scored as worth 14 points:

• 3 points for C
• 1 point for A, twice
• 3 points for B, twice
• 2 points for G
• 1 point for E

And to total:

3 + 2x1 + 2x3 + 2 + 1
= 3 + 2 + 6 + 3
= 14

Acceptance Criteria

let scrabble = new Scrabble('')
scrabble.score() // => 0

let scrabble = new Scrabble(" \t\n")
scrabble.score() // => 0

let scrabble = new Scrabble(null)
scrabble.score() // => 0

let scrabble = new Scrabble('a')
scrabble.score() // => 1

let scrabble = new Scrabble('f')
scrabble.score() // => 4

let scrabble = new Scrabble('street')
scrabble.score() // => 6

let scrabble = new Scrabble('quirky')
scrabble.score() // => 22

let scrabble = new Scrabble('OXYPHENBUTAZONE')
scrabble.score() // => 41

Extended Acceptance Criteria - just for fun - no tests exist for these

Each Scrabble method should be no more than 5 lines and contain no more than 5 operations.

You can play a double or a triple letter.

You can play a double or a triple word.

Can you write tests for these, based on the the test structure above?