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Python Terminal Blackjack GameBuilding Command-Line BlackjackMy Codecademy Blackjack Project

For my Codecademy Computer Science portfolio project, I engineered an interactive, command-line Blackjack application using modular Python development. The core design challenges involved state management and implementing a dynamic scoring engine that handles custom Ace validation, automatically scaling card values from 11 down to 1 to protect users from unexpected busts.Beyond game logic, this assignment exposed me to real-world software troubleshooting. I successfully resolved root repository conflicts, learned to navigate out of raw command-line text editors like Vim, and bypassed mysterious terminal folder path bugs by renaming my directory to eliminate spaces.Ultimately, this project reinforced the importance of writing scalable, functional code rather than deeply nested statements. The complete, fully tracked source codebase is publicly deployed on my GitHub profile under ashish143520/blackjack-terminal-game.

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