Word-a-Day

Running the game

npm start

Strategy

Default to native browser tools unless there's a justification for an outside tool.

Value added

Wordle is missing the community competition of something like WordsWithFriends. Leader boards with ranks and scores are missing. MVP will be a global leader board. The Leader boards will have all-time, weekly, and daily scores.

Future ideas

• Create leagues for select players to compete against each other.

Justifications

TypeScript

Type checking and static analysis is a good thing. While it may have a cost in development, it will save time in debugging and give confidence in stability.

Pug

Requirement for project 2.

Project requirements

• Use Node.js and Express.js to create a RESTful API.
• Use a template engine such as Handlebars.js. - Pug
• Use MySQL and the Sequelize ORM for the database.
• Have both GET and POST routes for retrieving and adding new data.
• Deploy using Heroku (with data).
• Use at least one new library, package, or technology that we haven’t discussed. - Typescript, Pug
• Have a polished UI.
• Be responsive.
• Be interactive (i.e., accept and respond to user input).
• Must have a folder structure that meets the MVC paradigm.
• Must include authentication (cookies and express-session).
• Must protect API keys and sensitive information with environment variables.
• Have a clean repository that meets quality coding standards (file structure, naming conventions, follows best practices for class/id naming conventions, indentation, quality comments, etc.).
• Have a quality README (with unique name, description, technologies used, screenshot, and link to deployed application).