Checkers

Epicodus: Java Week 5, Advanced Java Topics: Group Project

By Sandro Alvarez, Satchel Grant, Chance Neff, Caleb Stevenson

Description

This webpage allows users to play a game of checkers. If the user creates an account they may also save games to play later.

Specs

BEHAVIOR	INPUT	OUTPUT
Program creates a game	Select: 2 Player	Display: checkers board
Program moves checkers	Select: checker, select: space	Update: checker row and column
Program limits moves to diagonal movements	Select: checker, select: space
Program captures checkers	Select: checker, select: space	Delete: captured checker
Program determines when double captures are available	Select: checker, select: space	Delete: captured checkerDelete: captured checker
Program kings checkers:	Select: checker, select: space	Update: checker type
Program switches player turn	Player 1 turn - select: checker, select: space	Player 2 turn
Program determines when a player wins	Player 1 turn - select: checker, select: space	Player 1 Wins!

Setup/Installation Requirements

• In your first terminal window:
  • Start postgres: $ postgres
• In your second terminal window:
  • Start psql: $ psql
  • Create database: # CREATE DATABASE checkers;
• In your third terminal window:
  • Clone this repository to your desktop: $ cd Desktop; git clone https://github.com/grantsrb/checkers-project
  • Navigate to the hair-salon directory: $ cd checkers-project
  • Create database schema from wildlife_tracker.sql: $ psql checkers < checkers.sql
• Back in your second terminal window:
  • Confirm the database has been restored correctly:
    • Connect to wildlife_tracker database: # \c checkers;
    • Print out database tables: # \dt;
• Back in your third terminal window:
  • Run the app: $ gradle run
• In the browser of your choosing, navigate to "localhost:4567" (tested in Chrome).

Known Bugs

Navigating to the previous webpage via the back button visually reverts the checkers the most recent prior position.

Support and contact details

Sandro Alvarez: sandromateo22@gmail.com
Satchel Grant: grantsrb@gmail.com
Chance Neff: crneff84@gmail.com
Caleb Stevenson: cgrahamstevenson@gmail.com

Technologies Used

Java, Spark, Velocity, SQL

License

This webpage is licensed under the GPL license.

Copyright © 2016 Sandro Alvarez, Satchel Grant, Chance Neff & Caleb Stevenson