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Live Stream #92: Minesweeper

Overview

In this live episode, I code the classic video game Minesweeper in JavaScript using the p5.js library. I also answer viewer submitted questions.

Edited video from this live stream coming soon!

38:02 - Coding Challenge: Minesweeper

1:32:45 - Conclusion/Q&A

1:57:58 - Recording intro to Coding Challenge

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Send me your questions and coding challenges!: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Rainbow-Topics

Contact:

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The Coding Train website: http://thecodingtrain.com/

Links discussed in this video:

The Nature of Code Part 2 (Spring 2017) - Intelligence and Learning: https://github.com/shiffman/NOC-S17-2-Intelligence-Learning

K - Nearest Neighbor Remix: https://soundcloud.com/thirdculturerecords/k-nearest-neighbor-remix

Perlin Noise Song: https://soundcloud.com/fl00per/perlin-noise

The Coding Train subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/codingtrain/

Minesweeper on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minesweeper_(video_game)

Minesweeper suggestion on GitHub: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Rainbow-Topics/issues/164

GitHub's Student Developer Pack: https://education.github.com/pack

Glitch: https://glitch.com/

Fog Creek: http://www.fogcreek.com/

Jenn Schiffer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennschiffer

Flood fill on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_fill

ITP Spring Show 2017: https://itp.nyu.edu/shows/spring2017/category/projects/

Mike Bostock's Visualizing Algorithms: https://bost.ocks.org/mike/algorithms/

Simple p5 Neural Network on GitHub: https://github.com/shiffman/Neural-Network-p5

Videos discussed in this live stream:

Hosting p5.js Sketches with GitHub Pages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HPYsDTk17A

2D Arrays in JavaScript: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTNpiLUSiB4

Prototypes in JavaScript: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS_WqkyUah8

Source Code for the all Video Lessons: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Rainbow-Code

p5.js: https://p5js.org/

Processing: https://processing.org

For an Introduction to Programming: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA

For my Nature of Code videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vX8wT1G798&list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6YVljJvFRCyRM6mmF5wMPeE&index=1

For More Live Streams: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6bxnFR6no70vlxxuxDEzflz

For More Coding Challenges: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH

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📄 Code of Conduct: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Code-of-Conduct

Chapters 3

  1. 38:02Coding Challenge: Minesweeper
  2. 1:32:45Conclusion/Q&A
  3. 1:57:58Recording intro to Coding Challenge

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