Lauren Cardella -- Carets

[enigmagnetic]

JS Scrabble

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Comprehension Questions

Question	Answer
What patterns were you able to use from your Ruby knowledge to apply to JavaScript?	I was able to use some methods like array.push to add an element to an array, just like in Ruby. Also, the method for defining and throwing custom exceptions was very similar.
What was a challenge you were able to overcome on this assignment?	One challenge was nesting conditionals to achieve the same functionality that Enumerable would accomplish in Ruby, especially when accessing an object.
What is your favorite thing about learning a new programming language?	It is interesting to see which concepts carry over cleanly and how some of the underlying mechanisms are totally different. Being able to apply concepts I already know in a new context makes me a more flexible programmer.
What is your least favorite thing about learning a new programming language?	It's a bit tedious in the early stages when you have to look up every single thing.
Do you have any recommendations on how we could improve this project for the next cohort?	I'm not sure about improvements, but I didn't understand why the Player class was defined like 'Scrabble.Player = class {}' instead of 'class Player = {}'. Is there a reason to choose one over the other?

[CheezItMan]

JS Scrabble

What We're Looking For

Feature	Feedback
Core Requirements
Git hygiene	A few more granular commits would be better.
Comprehension questions	One reason to declare Player like that is to namespace it. So the Player class uses Scrabble as a module.
General
score calculates score, has appropriate params and return value	Check
highestScoreFrom calculates highest scoring word, has appropriate params and return value	Check
Player object
Has name and plays properties	Check
Has play, totalScore, hasWon functions	Check
Has highestScoringWord and highestWordScore functions	Check
Overall	Nice work you hit all the requirement. The way you used the SCORES object was backwards from what I would do, but it worked well. I like how you used the destructor for the highestScoreFrom.

[CheezItMan]

Nice work using map & Math.max as well as a destructor!

[CheezItMan]

You can also use reduce.