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London | 26-ITP-May | Zadri Abdule | Sprint 3 | Quote-generator #1328

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Sprint-3/quote-generator/index.html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Title here</title>
<title>Quote generator app</title>
<script defer src="quotes.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Sprint-3/quote-generator/package.json
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"name": "quote-generator",
"version": "1.0.0",
"license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
"description": "You must update this package",
"description": "Simple quote generator that picks a quote at random",
"scripts": {
"test": "jest --config=../jest.config.js quote-generator"
},
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33 changes: 33 additions & 0 deletions Sprint-3/quote-generator/quotes.js
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// DO NOT EDIT BELOW HERE
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
const quoteEl = document.getElementById("quote");
const authorEl = document.getElementById("author");
const newQuoteBtn = document.getElementById("new-quote");

if (!quoteEl || !authorEl || !newQuoteBtn) {
console.warn("Missing #quote, #author or #new-quote element.");
return;
}
let lastIndex = -1;

function showRandomQuote() {
let index;

if (quotes.length === 1) {
index = 0;
} else {
do {
index = Math.floor(Math.random() * quotes.length);
} while (index === lastIndex);
}

lastIndex = index;

const chosen = quotes[index];

quoteEl.textContent = `"${chosen.quote}"`;
authorEl.textContent = `— ${chosen.author}`;
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@cjyuan cjyuan Aug 1, 2026

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The " and the leading — appear to be for styling purposes. Keeping them in the HTML or in CSS could make it easier to style or modify the view. This allows front-end developers to adjust the UI without changing any JavaScript code.

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Could probably separate the logic of selecting a random index (lines 14 to 24) from the presentation logic (lines 26-29).


showRandomQuote();

newQuoteBtn.addEventListener("click", showRandomQuote);
});
// pickFromArray is a function which will return one item, at
// random, from the given array.
//
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