Starter project for a chess-based TDD exercise
Install with npm install
Run tests with npm test
Start program with npm start. This will host a server on localhost:3000
When a board is created it initialises a 2-dimensional array of length 8. That is, an array of 8 arrays, where each array inside has a length of 8.
These represent rows and columns.
So, to select the first row you can do
let row1 = board[0]
And to get the second square of that row:
let square = row1[1]
Or, in shorthand:
let square = board[0][1]
Board then has the following methods to use:
setPiece(square, piece) places the given piece on a square returns nothing.
getPiece(square) returns the piece on a given square, if one is there.
findPiece(pieceToFind) will return the square that the piece is on, if it is on the board.
movePiece(fromSquare, toSquare) will move the piece on the fromSquare to the toSquare.
Squares have two properties: row and col.
Squares can be made one of two ways (I'm not really sure why...)
let square1 = Square.at(0,1)
OR
let square2 = new Square(0,1)
These are equal. You can check like this:
square1.equals(square2). This will return a boolean (in this case, true.)
pieces have one method: getAvailableMoves(board).
This method must be given the current board (so that it can know which moves are available!)
it returns an array, which is a list of Squares that are available to be moved to.