14-Die-Another-Day_Melissa_Malpica

Eloquent JavaScript
CodeCombat (DON'T DO THIS NOW!)
Vim Adventures (ALSO THIS!)
Ruby Warrior (ITSATRAP!)
Chess.com | Catalan opening, closed variation
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You know how to play Chess, don't you?
Well, you know an opening, at least...
See format below.
Reading JavaScript (50)
[x] Add 10 more examples of JavaScript OBJECTS
Look for:
- Capitalized function definitions (Constructors)
- using the new keyword
- all them prototypes everywhere
Use the format below...
Chessboard Interface
[x] @constructor Chess: Setup a board with Pieces representing an initial chessboard.
[x] @method getPlayer()
[x] @return String either "white" or "black" representing current player
[x] @method move(piece, destination): Move piece to destination and...?
[x] @param Piece piece to move
- [x] @param Position destination to move piece to
[x] @method opening(): Advance the board to Catalan Opening, Closed Variation
[x] @method display()
[x] @return String representation of board

R,N,B,Q,K,B,N,R
P,P,P,P,P,P,P,P
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p,p,p,p,p,p,p,p
r,n,b,q,k,b,n,r

[x] @constructor Position(x,y): Represent a position on a chessboard with coordinates usage: new Position(1,1)
[x] @property Number x coordinate
[x] @property Number y coordinate
[x] @constructor Piece(name, color): Represent a chesspiece on the board with name and color and appropriate starting position usage: new Piece('Queen', 'black')
[x] @method getName()
[x] @return String name of Piece, e.g. 'Queen', 'Pawn'
[x] @method getColor():
[x] @method setPosition(position): Set Piece to position on board
[x] @param Position position
[x] @method toString()
[x] @return String representation of Piece
- example: "Q" === String(new Piece("Queen", "white"))
- example: "r" === String(new Piece("Rook", "black"))
  Reading JavaScript

var foo = 'bar'; // this is a comment

Symbol: var
- Type: Keyword
- Name: "var"
- Meaning: Create an identifier
- Operands: foo
Symbol: foo
- Type: Identifier
- Name: "variable foo"
- Meaning: Variable (bucket) to hold a value.
Symbol: =
- Type: Operator
- Name: "is assigned"
- Meaning: Store the value to the right in the identifier on the left
- Operands: foo, 'bar'
Symbol: 'bar'
- Type: Type Literal
- Name: "string bar"
- Meaning: Create a literal String value containing "bar"
Symbol: ;
- Type: Operator
- Name: "semicolon", "statement operator"
- Meaning: End the statement
- Operands: var foo = 'bar'
Symbol: //
- Type: Comment
- Name: Inline Comment
- Meaning: Do not interpret anything until the end of the line

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