alvinkp / my_password_generator

My Password Generator

This was the third challenge assignment for our UPENN Bootcamp. We were tasked with creating a Password Generator. (See User Story and Acceptable Criteria sections below).

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📕 User Story

AS AN employee with access to sensitive data I WANT to randomly generate a password that meets certain criteria SO THAT I can create a strong password that provides greater security

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✔️ Acceptable Criteria

• GIVEN I need a new, secure password
• WHEN I click the button to generate a password THEN I am presented with a series of prompts for password criteria
• WHEN prompted for password criteria THEN I select which criteria to include in the password
• WHEN prompted for the length of the password THEN I choose a length of at least 8 characters and no more than 128 characters
• WHEN asked for character types to include in the password THEN I confirm whether or not to include lowercase, uppercase, numeric, and/or special characters
• WHEN I answer each prompt THEN my input should be validated and at least one character type should be selected
• WHEN all prompts are answered THEN a password is generated that matches the selected criteria
• WHEN the password is generated THEN the password is either displayed in an alert or written to the page

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🔧 Optimizations

HTML

• Created prompts to ask user for input and preferences.
• Checked user input to make sure they were giving us a number that was valid.
• Checked that user chose at least one criteria for password.
• Created individual character generators.
• Ensured password had at LEAST one of each selected criteria.

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📷 Screenshots

🎯 Deployment

Website: https://alvinkp.github.io/My_Password_Generator/

Repository: https://github.com/alvinkp/My_Password_Generator

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✉️ Authors

• @alvinkp