lt-spaced-repetition-js v2.0.6

lt-spaced-repetition-js

An implementation of modified leitner algorithm for flashcards

Install

npm i lt-spaced-repetition-js

Usage

const { Card, Deck, createCards, statEn } = require("./index");

const dummyCards = [
  {
    front: "a",
    back: "alphabet",
    reviewCount: 0,
    status: statEn.NEW,
    bucket: 0,
  },
  {
    front: "a",
    back: "alphabet",
    reviewCount: 0,
    status: statEn.NEW,
    bucket: 0,
  },
];

// object passed to constructor must inclued cards a list of Card
const deck = new Deck({ id: 1, cards: createCards(dummyCards) });

const currCard = deck.pick();

currCard.update(1); // 1 -> if user know the word, 0 otherwise

Deck Methods

console.log(deck.dump()); //creates a dump obj of deck

//takes statEn enumeration returns count in deck
console.log(deck.countType(statEn.NEW)); 

Options

You can specifiy dayIteration which is by default 1 to determine how many cards are shown before a day progresses.

// 2 cards are shown on each day
const deck = new Deck({ cards: createCards(dummyCards) },dayIteration=2);

Rules

There are four status of a card can have

• NEW
• MASTERED
• REVIEW
• WRONG

user has 2 choice for each word know this word (1) or wrong (0)

NEW word update-1 is MASTERED

WRONG word update-1 is REVIEW

REVIEW word update-1 for the first time is still REVIEW

REVIEW word update-1 for the seconed time is MASTERED

any word update-0 is WRONG

MASTERED has 1/4 less chance occuring than others