Scrabble

Work on the sample exercise defined below for 1 hour.

As you work, you may:

• Ask questions of your facilitator
• Reference external public resources (ie: Google, Ruby API, etc)
• Use the tooling most comfortable to you (Editor/IDE, testing framework, support tools like Guard, etc)

As you work, you should not:

• Copy code snippets other than those present in this description
• Seek live support from individuals other than your facilitator

Preparation

1. Fork this repository.
2. Clone your new repository to your local machine ($ git clone https://github.com/<YOUR GITHUB USERNAME>/scrabble.git)
3. cd into your scrabble directory.
4. Run bundle from the command line.
5. Run rake from the command line.

Running Specs/Tests

To run the MiniTest tests run rake from the command line.

Overview

Let’s use test-driven development to build pieces of a Scrabble-like game.

At a high level, you will be adding to an existing Scrabble class to make it so that it can score words. Words will be scored based on the following letter values:

Or, stored as a Ruby hash:

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

}

When complete, your Scrabble class will be able to:

1. score a word,
2. score an empty string,
3. score when someone passes nil
4. score a word with letter multipliers,
5. score word with a word multiplier,
6. score a word with a seven-letter bonus.

Interaction Pattern

Using test-driven development, implement an interaction pattern that scores words insensitive to case, such that an empty word or nil scores 0, which follows the interaction pattern below.

> game = Scrabble.new
=> ...
> game.score("hello")
=> 8
> game.score("")
=> 0
> game.score(nil)
=> 0

Note: a double letter score in Scrabble is dependent on the position of a letter on the board. The arrays passed to #score_with_multipliers below indicate the multiplier for a letter in the corresponding position of the word that is passed as the first argument.

> game.score_with_multipliers('hello', [1,2,1,1,1])
=> 9
> game.score_with_multipliers('hello', [1,2,1,1,1], 2)
=> 18

Additionally, a word scores a 10-point bonus (applied before the word multiplier) if that word has seven or more letters.

> game.score_with_multipliers('sparkle', [1,2,1,3,1,2,1], 2)
=> 58

Use the existing point_values method in the Scrabble class as a source for each letter's value.

It is expected that you will add to the existing tests in test/scrabble_test.rb.

Evaluation Rubric

1. Ruby Syntax & Style

• 4: Application demonstrates excellent knowledge of Ruby syntax, style, and refactoring
• 3: Application shows strong effort towards organization, content, and refactoring
• 2: Application runs but the code has long methods, unnecessary or poorly named variables, and needs significant refactoring
• 1: Application generates syntax error or crashes during execution

2. Breaking Logic into Components

• 4: Application is expertly divided into logical components each with a clear, single responsibility
• 3: Application effectively breaks logical components apart but breaks the principle of SRP
• 2: Application shows some effort to break logic into components, but the divisions are inconsistent or unclear
• 1: Application logic shows poor decomposition with too much logic mashed together

3. Test-Driven Development

• 4: Application is broken into components which are well tested in both isolation and integration using appropriate data
• 3: Application is well tested but does not balance isolation and integration tests, using only the data necessary to test the functionality
• 2: Application makes some use of tests, but the coverage is insufficient
• 1: Application does not demonstrate strong use of TDD

4. Functional Expectations

• 4: Application meets all requirements, and implements one extension properly.
• 3: Application meets all requirements as laid out per the specification.
• 2: Application runs, but does not work properly, or does not meet specifications.
• 1: Application does not run, crashes on start.

5. Version Control

• 4: Student demonstrates strong git workflow, commits frequently to document progress, uses commits to identify added functionality, and utilizes pull requests for communication and feedback
• 3: Student utilizes git workflow essentials, committing frequently to document progress
• 2: Student adds and commits infrequently and pushes project to GitHub
• 1: Student makes an initial commit and pushes project to GitHub