Kat Eastman - Solar System - Octos

[kseastman]

Solar System

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Comprehension Questions

Question	Answer
What was the purpose of the initialize method in your class?	To take an argument and add it to the named instance variable(s) each time a new instance of the class is created. For the Planet class, the initialize argument was a hash with 8 instance variables, for the SolarSystem class, the initialize argument was an array of hashes.
Describe an instance variable you used and what you used it for.	@planets was an instance variable for the SolarSystem class that acted as a container for all of the planet objects created by the planet class. I used it to call information about the planets, and to build a reference dictionary linking the planet name to its object instance.
Describe what the difference would be if your SolarSystem used an Array vs a Hash.	I would have to use different methods to locate individual planet instances.
Do you feel like you used consistent formatting throughout your code?	yes, or the cmd + i bit we installed has some explaining to do.

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Solar System

What We're Looking For

Feature	Feedback
Baseline
Readable code with consistent indentation.	Actually, your code between lines 203-230 should be indented backwards by one tab :P Atom has some explaining to do.
Primary Requirements
Created Custom Solar System Class with initialize, add planet & list planets methods, without using puts.	x
Planet Class Created	x
Created a collection of Planet objects as an instance variable in SolarSystem.	x
Accessor methods created	x
Method created to return the Planet's attributes and not use puts	x
Created a user interface to interact with the SolarSystem including adding a planet and viewing a planet's details	x
Additional Notes

Great job with this project submission!

You did a good job creating the SolarSystem and Planet classes, which all manage their own state and behavior, and using the main program to interact with an instance of SolarSystem.

As a small note, your program doesn't handle invalid input in some cases. For example, if I say 'yes' to learning about a planet, then place in 'asdf,' the program will break. Handling these cases wasn't a requirement of the project, just something to think about.

What you did with link_planets in SolarSystem is very clever.

Great work, overall!