Merge pull request #14 from AllanYuen/feature/javascript

Code for password generator and further updates to the Readme file

README.md

@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ If your README is long, add a table of contents to make it easy for users to fin
 - [User Story](<#user story>)
 - [Acceptance Criteria](<#acceptance criteria>)
 - [License](#license)
-- [Features](#features)
 
 ## Installation
 
-What are the steps required to install your project? Provide a step-by-step description of how to get the development environment running.
+No special installation instructions required.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -60,8 +59,4 @@ THEN the password is either displayed in an alert or written to the page
 
 This project is licensed under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
 
-Please refer to the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file for more details.
-
-## Features
-
-If your project has a lot of features, list them here.
+Please refer to the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file for more details.

assets/scripts/script.js

@@ -1,15 +1,80 @@
 // Assignment code here
+
 // Initialize required global variables for the handling of required password criteria
 var pwdCriteria = {
   lowerCase: "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz",
   upperCase: "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ",
   numbers: "0123456789",
   specialChars: "!@#$%^&*()_+~`|}{[]\:;?><,./-=",
-  pwdMinLength: 8,
-  pwdMaxLength: 128
+  pwdMinLen: 8,
+  pwdMaxLen: 128
 };
 
-console.log(pwdCriteria);
+// Defining generatePassword function as referenced by the writePassword function from the starter code
+function generatePassword() {
+
+  // 1) Prompt user for secured password criteria
+  //  - Password length to be entered between 8 to 128 characters
+  var pwdLength = prompt("Enter the required length of your new password (8-128 characters):");
+
+    // Validate the user input for password length
+    if (pwdLength < pwdCriteria.pwdMinLen || pwdLength > pwdCriteria.pwdMaxLen) {
+      alert("Invalid password length. Please enter a value between 8 and 128 characters.");
+      console.log('Selected Password Length Invalid to the Range of 8 to 128 Characters');
+      return;
+    } else {
+      alert(`You have chosen a password length of ${pwdLength} characters.`);
+      console.log(`Selected Password Length Set To: ${pwdLength}`);
+    }
+
+  //  - Confirm password criteria for the inclusion of character types: lowercase, uppercase, numeric, and/or special characters
+  var lCase = confirm("Do you want to include lowercase characters?");
+  console.log(`Lower Case Character Criteria: ${lCase}`);
+  var uCase = confirm("Do you want to include uppercase characters?");
+  console.log(`Upper Case Character Criteria: ${uCase}`);
+  var num = confirm("Do you want to include numbers?");
+  console.log(`Numeric Character Criteria: ${num}`);
+  var sChar = confirm("Do you want to include special characters?");
+  console.log(`Special Character Criteria: ${sChar}`);
+
+  // 2) Validate criteria input to ensure at least one character type is selected
+  if (!lCase && !uCase && !num && !sChar) {
+    alert("At least one character type must be selected.");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Create the character set based on the user selected criteria
+  var charSet = "";
+  if (lCase) {
+    charSet += pwdCriteria.lowerCase;
+  }
+  if (uCase) {
+    charSet += pwdCriteria.upperCase;
+  }
+  if (num) {
+    charSet += pwdCriteria.numbers;
+  }
+  if (sChar) {
+    charSet += pwdCriteria.specialChars;
+  }
+  console.log(charSet);
+
+  // Randomize the character set to ensure probability of character selection not limited within the sequential construct of char ranges of above selected criteria
+  var newCharSet = "";
+  for (var i = 0; i < charSet.length; i++) {
+    newCharSet += charSet.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * charSet.length));
+  }
+  console.log(newCharSet);
+
+  // 3) Generate new password based on the user selected criteria
+  var newPassword = "";
+  for (var i = 0; i < pwdLength; i++) {
+    newPassword += newCharSet.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * newCharSet.length));
+  }
+
+  // 4) Display generated password within an alert or on the page
+  return newPassword;
+};
 
 // Get references to the #generate element
 // Upon the trigger of the GENERATE PASSWORD button user input prompts to gather password criteria
@@ -22,7 +87,6 @@ function writePassword() {
   var passwordText = document.querySelector("#password");
 
   passwordText.value = password;
-
 }
 
 // Add event listener to generate button