Nekketsu / TheRayTracerChallenge

The Ray Tracer Challenge

The Ray Tracer Challenge

This is my implementation of Jamis Buck's amazing book The Ray Tracer Challenge using C#.

Demo 🚀

Enjoy the demo here: TheRayTracerChallenge.

Goals:

• Implement the book as a C# console application.
• Implement the book as a Blazor WebAssembly PWA application.
• Share as much code as possible between the C# console application and the Blazor WebAssembly application.
• Host the Blazor WebAssembly in GitHub Pages: TheRayTracerChallenge.

Structure

The source code is in the src folder, and the demo, TheRayTracerChallenge, is in the docs folder as required by GitHub Pages.

Solution

The solution, as described above, is in the src folder, and it contains the following important items:

• RayTracer project: It is the most important piece of code as it implements the data structures and algorithms described in the book. It is shared between the C# console applications and Blazor WebAssembly application.
• RayTracer.Tests project: It implements all the unit tests described in the book.
• RayTracer.Demos project: It implements, as a class library, all the demos of the solution. It makes use of the RayTracer project. It is shared between the C# console applications and Blazor WebAssembly application.
• RayTracer.Demos.Tests projects: It implements some unit tests that make sure that some needed constraints are followed.
• Demos folder: Contains several projects implementing the RayTracer.Demos demos as C# console applications. These demos make use of the RayTracer and RayTracer.Demos projects.
• RayTracer.Demos.Browser: It is a C# console application used as a container to execute all the demos. It makes use of RayTracer and RayTracer.Demos projects.
• RayTracer.Blazor Project: It is the Blazor WebAssembly implementation of the demos in RayTracer.Demos project. It makes use of RayTracer and RayTracer.Demos projects.
• Mazes.Services Project: It implements some services and helper methods used by other projects.
• Mazes.Services.Test: It is a C# console applications used as a container of all the demos. It allows us to select and execute any demo.

Final thoughts

It has been an awesome experience to share code between the C# the console applications and the Blazor WebAssembly application, making it very straightforward to convert to a web application the implementation of the book with very little effort.

Please, feel free to send issues or pull requests. Any feedback is always welcome!

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