ASCII ART

Build a state of the (ASCII) art terminal client. Don't forget to maximise your terminal window on one screen. You'll need the space!

When complete, your application might look like this:

Cloning and branching

• Clone this repo and create a new branch for yourself. Have fun adding some more cool and fun Ascii arts 😄

  Tip

  • Run your app with npm start
  • You can add more functionality in index.js

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Terminal helpers

Writing programs for the terminal might be a new experience for some. My advice is to keep it really simple at first.

About readline

Something you may find is that you need a way to wait for input from the terminal, for example when choosing which file to display. readline, which comes with the Node standard library, will let you pause your program until the user hits enter, then call whatever function you want:

const readline = require('readline')

function pressEnter () {
  const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout
  })

  rl.question('Which file should I load? ', function (input) {
    rl.close()

    // Call any functions you like here. For example:
    loadFile(input)
  })
}

About prompt

Here is an example of how you might use prompt npm package for input:

const prompt = require('prompt')

prompt.message = ''
prompt.delimiter = ': '
prompt.start()

const choice = {
  name: 'option',
  hidden: false,
  message: '' // Write your prompt message here
}

prompt.get(choice, function (err, result) {
  // Do something with result.choice here...
})

The callback you pass to prompt.get will receive an object that has a property with the name of your input, so for example:

{
  option: '1'
}