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+*
+
+!.gitignore
+!project.janet
+!README.md
+
+!src/
+!src/main.janet
+!test/
+!test/*.janet
diff --git a/janet/README.md b/janet/README.md
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+# Gilded Rose
+
+This is the Gilded Rose kata in [janet](https://janet-lang.org).
+
+## Getting started
+
+We'll need to install [janet and jpm](https://janet-lang.org/docs/index.html).
+
+## Running texttest
+
+To produce output suitable for texttest, we can run:
+
+```sh
+janet test/texttest.janet
+```
+
+We can specify the number of days as an argument:
+
+```sh
+janet test/texttest.janet 30
+```
+
+## Running tests
+
+First, we install the test library dependency using `jpm -l deps`. Then we can run all the tests using:
+
+```sh
+jpm -l test
+```
+
+The testing library being used is [judge](https://github.com/ianthehenry/judge), that enables the writing of inline snapshot tests. 
+Specifically, Judge has the ability to capture a snapshot of stdout, which gives us a similar experience to that offered by texttest, but natively in the janet tests.
+
+Having run `jpm -l deps`, we now have a (repository-local) installed executable of judge, which we can run directly using:
+
+```sh
+./jpm_tree/bin/judge
+```
+(pass `-h` for usage).
diff --git a/janet/project.janet b/janet/project.janet
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+(declare-project
+  :name "gilded-rose"
+  :description "A program for updating inventory at the Gilded Rose"
+  :dependencies ["https://github.com/ianthehenry/judge.git"])
+    
+(task "test" [] (shell "jpm_tree/bin/judge"))
diff --git a/janet/src/main.janet b/janet/src/main.janet
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+(defn item [name quality sell-in] @{:name name :quality quality :sell-in sell-in})
+
+(defn update-quality [items]
+    (for i 0 (length items)
+        (if (and
+                (not (= "Aged Brie" ((get items i) :name)))
+                (not (= "Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert" ((get items i) :name))))
+            (if (< 0 ((get items i) :quality))
+                (if (not (= "Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros" ((get items i) :name)))
+                    (put (get items i) :quality (- ((get items i) :quality) 1))))
+            (if (> 50 ((get items i) :quality))
+                (do 
+                    (put (get items i) :quality (+ ((get items i) :quality) 1))
+                    (if (= "Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert" ((get items i) :name))
+                        (do 
+                            (if (> 11 ((get items i) :sell-in))
+                                (if (> 50 ((get items i) :quality))
+                                    (put (get items i) :quality (+ ((get items i) :quality) 1))))
+                            (if (> 6 ((get items i) :sell-in))
+                                (if (> 50 ((get items i) :quality))
+                                    (put (get items i) :quality (+ ((get items i) :quality) 1)))))))))
+        (if (not (= "Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros" ((get items i) :name)))
+            (put (get items i) :sell-in (- ((get items i) :sell-in) 1)))    
+        (if (> 0 ((get items i) :sell-in))
+            (if (not (= "Aged Brie" ((get items i) :name)))
+                (if (not (= "Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert" ((get items i) :name)))
+                    (if (< 0 ((get items i) :quality))
+                        (if (not (= "Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros" ((get items i) :name)))
+                            (put (get items i) :quality (- ((get items i) :quality) 1))))
+                    (put (get items i) :quality (- ((get items i) :quality) ((get items i) :quality))))
+                (if (> 50 ((get items i) :quality))
+                    (put (get items i) :quality (+ ((get items i) :quality) 1)))))))
+
+(defn- item-to-str [x] 
+    (string (get x :name) ", " (get x :sell-in) ", " (get x :quality)))
+
+(defn run [days items]
+    (print "OMGHAI!")
+    (for i 0 (+ 1 days) 
+        (do
+            (print (string "-------- day " i " --------"))
+            (print "name, sellIn, quality")
+            (for j 0 (length items)
+                (print (item-to-str (get items j))))
+            (print "")
+            (update-quality items))))
diff --git a/janet/test/gilded-rose.janet b/janet/test/gilded-rose.janet
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+(import ../src/main :as shop)
+(use judge)
+
+(do
+  (def items [(shop/item "foo" 0 0)])
+  (shop/update-quality items)
+  (test ((first items) :name) "fixme"))
diff --git a/janet/test/texttest.janet b/janet/test/texttest.janet
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+(import ../src/main :as shop)
+
+(defn get-items []
+  [ (shop/item "+5 Dexterity Vest" 20 10) 
+    (shop/item "Aged Brie" 0 2)
+    (shop/item "Elixir of the Mongoose" 7 5)
+    (shop/item "Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros" 80 0)
+    (shop/item "Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros" 80 -1)
+    (shop/item "Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert" 20 15)
+    (shop/item "Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert" 49 10)
+    (shop/item "Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert" 49 5)
+    (shop/item "Conjured Mana Cake" 6 3)])
+
+# judge allows for snapshot testing of stdout, much like the texttest tool. 
+# So something like the following would create a janet-native test of the output of shop/run:
+#
+# (test-stdout (shop/run 30 (get-items)))
+
+(defn main [& args]
+    (def num-days (scan-number (or (get args 1) "-1")))
+    (def items (get-items)) 
+    (shop/run num-days items))