java-hangman

Java implementation of hangman.

Motivation

This project can be used as an entry-point to learn about different Java Tools/Frameworks. Hangman is very simple game but has lot of room to expand the complexity of the code.

• Hard-coded Single word -> Words per Topic in a Database
• Single App -> Client-Server
• CLI -> Web GUI
• Etc

Game rules

This is one of the best known games worldwide, still, there's no harm in having the rules stated explicitly:

• A secret word is selected
• A blank line per letter is drawn
• The gallow is drawn
• Player tries to guess one letter. If exists, all occurrences of the letter are written. Otherwise another part of the man is drawn (Head, Body, one leg at a time, one arm at a time)
• Wins if word is complete before all man is drawn (i.e. 6 misses)

DB

Makes use of postgreSQL database. DB properties should be set in db.properties file (copy from db.properties.example).

There are 3 scripts that get packed into build/libs/db.zip

• db.sql Creates hangman database and hangman_user to access it. Should be executed as admin
• schema.sql Creates database schema. Should be executed as hangman_user -``initDB.sql` Inserts some data so that the game is playable. Should be executed as hangman_user

And also 2 helper shell scripts

• setupDB.sh (Re)create DB and invokes resetSchema.sh
• resetSchema.sh (Re)create tables and inserts some initial words to be played