beat-the-dealer

beat-the-dealer is a command line application (cli) for playing a game of blackjack against a dealer.

This program is developed as part of a technical assignment given for a job interview.

Prerequisites

java 1.8 or above

Installation

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/mohamead/beat-the-dealer.git

Build the executable jar (fatjar) using the gradlew wrapper

./gradlew clean task fatjar

Locate the jar

cd build/libs/
ls
beat-the-dealer-0.0.1.jar

Usage

See available options with --help option

$ java -jar beat-the-dealer-0.0.1.jar --help
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Usage: beat-the-dealer [-h] [-f=<file>]                                        
Command line application (cli) for playing a game of blackjack against a dealer
                                                                               
Options:                                                                       
  -h, --help          output usage information                                 
  -f, --file=<file>   file with the deck of cards                          
                                                                               
Developed by Mohamed Adrik    

Run the program

$ java -jar beat-the-dealer-0.0.1.jar 
dealer
sam: C5, H4, DJ
dealer: HA, S5, D2, S2

Run the program with --file option

$ java -jar beat-the-dealer-0.0.1.jar --file ../../src/test/resources/validCards.csv 
sam
sam: CA, H9       
dealer: D5, HQ, S8

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

apache-2.0