readability-js

Hello, there! I thought it would be interesting to implement some readability algorithms in javascript.

Documentation

Everything is written in ES6, transpiled by Babel, and bundled using Browserify. Tests are written with Mocha.

All of the functionality is found in the Wordsmith object. Here is an overview of its methods:

• Wordsmith.syllableCount(data) : where data can be a string or an array of strings. Returns the total number of syllables found in the string or null if you input an invalid value.
• Wordsmith.sentenceCount(string) : returns the number of sentences found in the string by using the delimiter /[\.?!]/
• Wordsmith.wordCount(string) : returns the number of words found in the string.
• Wordsmith.removePuctuation(string) : removes everything except spaces and A-z characters.

These methods are used to implement these readability algorithms:

• Wordsmith.fleschKincaidGradeLevel(string) : returns the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level of the input string.
• Wordsmith.fleschReadingEaseScore(string) : returns the Flesch Reading Ease Score of the input string.

Building

Just run npm run build. This will place readability.min.js into the dist/ directory.

Running Tests

Just run npm run test