This is a small idea to provide a fun little challenge for learning java and a bit of git.
Every one can clone the repository, create its own bot and challenge the other.
And if you like your bot, you can share it with others.
You need git and a java ide of your choice.
Just clone the repository, create a new java file for your bot in the bots folder and start coding.
If you like your creation, please share it with the other. Maybe someone can learn something from looking at your code.
For cloning and playing with this local, there are no rules. Feel free to try out stuff and learn.
For pushing your bot into the repository there are some rules:
- Please push no changes in files except of your bot. If you create a merge request with changes outside your bot, it will be refused.
- You can give other Bots a look if you are searching for an idea, but do not copy any code from there into your bot.
- The return value from the
getBotName()method has to match your class and file name. (more or less) - No active sysouts or similar in the bot.
- Have fun
First you have to install git on your system if you don't have already. You can find it here: https://git-scm.com/downloads
If you are planning to share your bot, you have to fork the repository. That can be done in the upper right corner on the github page of this repository.
Then you can pull this repository by execute git clone https://github.com/TazztheMonster/matchFour.git. If you have a fork, just replace the domain with the link to your forked repository.
Not you can open the cloned repository with an ide of your choice and the coding can begin.
That pretty simple. You only have to create a .java in the matchFour/src/bots folder and your class have to implement the FourWinsBot interface.
If you are stuck with these, take a look at the exampleBot.java.
After you forked this repository, create your own bot and pushed your code into your repository, at your repository page should appear a Compare & pull request button.
With this you can create a pull request that I can merge into this repository by time.
You have to define your mail adress and name for git. You can do this by run:
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"