- Sailsjs backend, database persistence via waterline and MySQL
- Connect Four opponent has two difficulty settings (easy/hard)
- Connect Four opponent uses minmax algorithm (shoutout to Lukas Vermeer for algorithmic inspiration)
- At the bottom of the app is a table showing the ten most recent games on the app, and it gets updated in real-time via websockets!
- Make sure you have npm and node installed ( check with node -v and npm -v, if you don't have them, install with homebrew to avoid using sudo when installing npm packages)
- Install mysql if you don't have it, then fire up a server
mysql.server start - Install sails globally
npm -g install sails - clone the project from github
- run
npm installin the project directory - now the fun begins, run
sails liftin the project directory, navigate to localhost:1337 and you should be good