Hangman

html/css/javascript

Objective:

As a group we were to create a website that allows the user to play a simple game of our choice. Our group decided on the game hangman.

Process:

We initially split up the project so that I would handle the JavaScript, because I was the most interested in that part and also working with JavaScript in another course that same semester, and the other two would each pick one from the HTML and CSS parts.

Before I got started working on the code, I sat down and tried to think of all of the individual steps of hangman. From those steps I made a list of the parts of the game we would need: the text fields, graphics, interactions, and functions. I knew this list wouldn’t be final, but wanted to have a solid structure in mind as I started to work on the actual code. We had a group meeting where we went over the list as a group to see if anything had been missed, made sure everyone knew which parts were their responsibility, and left the meeting ready to get started on our respective sections.

As soon as I got started I realized that I was going to have to do a large amount of the HTML and CSS along with the JavaScript. I discussed doing this part collaboratively with group member in charge of the HTML, but we ultimately decided