mvc-casino

JavaScript MVC lecture material implementing P6 - "The Dice Game"

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Topics Covered

• What is MVC?
• Debugging a javascript application
• How to make your application "modular" with small, reusable components
• Maintaining namespacing within your applicaitons
• Managing scope

M - Model

• Data and the "business logic", or "game logic"
• Controls access to data
• Manages application requests for data

V - View

• Presentation of the data
• How the data is displayed

C - Controller

• The facilitator between the Model and View
• Manages the interactions with the application

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Implementation Outline

Die (model)

• Attributes

  • SIDE_COUNT
  • value

• Methods

  • roll
  • _generateRandomValue

Game (model)

• Attributes

  • dieFactory
  • dice

• Methods

  • addDie
  • rollDice
  • clearDice

Display (view)

• Attributes

  • DIE_CLASS_NAME
  • DICE_CONTAINER_NAME
  • diceContainer

• Methods

  • dieTemplate
  • compileDiceTemplate
  • render

Dealer (controller)

• Attributes

  • game
  • display

• Methods

  • start
  • bindEventListeners
  • addDie
  • rollDice
  • clearDice
  • updateView