1.  Start with the problem statement

           " Design a Blackjack Simulator "

2.  Express the project in abstract, but solvable, pieces

First,  shuffle the cards

Second, deal 2 cards to the player and 2 cards to the dealer

Third, deal the player's hand until he busts or stays

Fourth, if the player didn't lose, deal the dealer's hand until the dealer wins or lose

• Shuffling the Cards
• If we choose a random number between 1 and 11, it will simulate shuffled decks
• Dealing the First Hand
• Pick a random card for the player
• Pick a random card for the dealer
• Pick a random card for the player
• Pick a random card for the dealer
• Total the dealer's hand
• Total the player's hand and tell him what he has
• Dealing the Player's Hand
• Ask the Player if he wants a card
• If the player says yes
• Give the player a card
• Total the player's hand
• If the total is greater than 21, the player LOSES
• Else, go back to "Ask the Player if he wants a card"
• If the player says no, you're finished with this step
• Dealing the Dealer's Hand
• If the Dealer's total is greater than the Player's total, the player LOSES
• Otherwise, Give the Dealer a Card
• Total the Dealer's Hand
• If the Dealer's total is greater than 21, the player WINS
• Else, go back to "If the dealer's total is greater than the player's total..."

4.  Take this algorithm and write pseudocode for whatever language you are coding for
 

•  Shuffling the Cards
• Card = 1+(rand() %11)     /* Will give a number between 1 and 11 inclusive */
• Dealing the First Hand
• for( i= 1 to 2)
• {  Dealer_Card = 1+(rand() %11)
•     Dealer_total += Dealer_Card
•     Player_ Card = 1+(rand() % 11)
•     Player_total += Player_Card
•  }
• etc. etc. etc.

      And release it to the world
 
(To see a working version of the BlackJack code based on this design, click Here)