Conway's Game of Life

This project is an implementation of Conway's Game of Life written in Typescript.

Goals

• Provide a succinct example of my programming skill in TypeScript vis-a-vis a known programming problem.
• Demonstrate my understanding of Big O notation.
• Provide myself an opportunity to learn HTML5 Canvas.

Current State

• The rules of the Game of Life have been implemented.
  • A Dictionary is used as the primary datastructure.
  • The implementation of the core logic can be found here.
  • A class Grid can be used to start a game and step through it.
• The game rules are backed with unit tests.
• The game has been tested with common Still Life & Oscillator patterns.
• A rudimentary UI built with React has been added, however it is poorly optimized. I rewrite is necessary for it to be performant with larger grids.

Technology

• The game is implemented using Typescript.
• Unit tests are written with Jest.
• This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.