GitHub - MiniCheese26/scrabble-coursework: A piece of coursework completed for my first year of uni

Steps to run

Node.js version 16.1.0 was used at the time of submission. Also tested and working with LTS.
Navigate to the project root directory in a command line tool.
Use npm run setup to install dependencies and compile the application.
Run with npm start or ts-node src/index.ts.
To inspect the plain JS code that targets ESNext, please check project-dir/plainBuild and project-dir/client/plainBuild.
Navigate to localhost:8080 and Scrabble away!

I've developed a fully functional web based Scrabble game that supports up to 4 player local and online multiplayer.
The game features all relevant game mechanics and rules of Scrabble allowing for a full game to be played.
The website is built as an SPA to allow more seamless navigation and UI updates.
The functionality is processed solely on the server-side and not under a peer-to-peer system which defends against a host abusing cheats.
- Though arguably this system may scale up poorly if this was deployed for a larger user base.
I developed my own websocket system from scratch including the ability to
- Easily create and manage rooms and connections
- Develop a consistent and standard model for request/responses via JSON

I would've liked to have written unit tests for my application. On several occasions I made a change that I thought I knew all the side effects of. Only to later find some bug that I luckily happened to stumble across.
There is a lack of user feedback when actions fail on the server side. The program will handle server-side failures but will not inform the user explicitly.
The CSS is somewhat responsive but it doesn't always scale well on smaller screens, especially with the grid and the individual boxes.

This project was a first year university coursework project.
The objective was to develop a Scrabble-like game with whatever extended functionality you see fit.