pieterbikkel / tic-tac-toe

Tic Tac Toe

Multiplayer game of Tic Tac Toe using websockets

How to run

Backend

$ cd backend
$ nest start

Frontend

$ cd frontend
$ npm install
$ npm run dev

Database

$ cd database
$ docker-compose up

How to play

• Open the browser and go to http://localhost:5173
• Create a new game
• Open another browser and go to http://localhost:5173
• Join the game
• Play the game

Choices made

Backend

• Games are created using A REST API, because of the ease of use and simplicity
• Websockets are used to communicate between the players, because of the real-time nature of the game
• The game state is stored in memory, because of the simplicity of the game

Frontend

• Chose to use useContext to manage the state of the game, because of the simplicity of the game
• Scss is used to style the game, because of nesting and variables

Database

• Chose mongoDB because of the ease of use and simplicity