programmers2.js

// dependency for inquirer npm package
var inquirer = require("inquirer");

// constructor function used to create programmers objects
function Programmer(name, position, age, language) {
    this.name = name;
    this.position = position;
    this.age = age;
    this.language = language;
}

// creates the printInfo method and applies it to all programmer objects
Programmer.prototype.printInfo = function() {
    console.log("Name: " + this.name + "\nPosition: " + this.position +
        "\nAge: " + this.age + "\nLanguages: " + this.language);
};

// variable we will use to count how many times our questions have been asked
var count = 0;

var askQuestion = function() {
    // if statement to ensure that our questions are only asked five times
    if (count < 5) {
        // runs inquirer and asks the user a series of questions whose replies are
        // stored within the variable answers inside of the .then statement
        inquirer.prompt([
            {
                name: "name",
                message: "What is your name?"
            }, {
                name: "position",
                message: "What is your current position?"
            }, {
                name: "age",
                message: "How old are you?"
            }, {
                name: "language",
                message: "What is your favorite programming language?"
            }
        ]).then(function(answers) {
            // initializes the variable newProgrammer to be a programmer object which will take
            // in all of the user's answers to the questions above
            var newProgrammer = new Programmer(
                answers.name,
                answers.position,
                answers.age,
                answers.language);
            // printInfo method is run to show that the newProgrammer object was successfully created and filled
            newProgrammer.printInfo();
            // add one to count to increment our recursive loop by one
            count++;
            // run the askquestion function again so as to either end the loop or ask the questions again
            askQuestion();
        });
        // else statement which prints "all questions asked" to the console
        // when the code has been run five times
    }
    else {
        console.log("All questions asked");
    }
};

// call askquestion to run our code
askQuestion();