Java Brains

How to access the completed code

Outlining the word search puzzle

Defining the grid

Moving to a grid class

First attempt at placing words

Implementing dimension boundary check

Checking prefilled spaces to eliminate overlap

Supporting multiple directions of word placement

Filling in words with random directions

Adding more directions and finishing up the grid

Initializing a Spring boot project

Refactoring Grid service to make it stateless

Starting up the API and running into nasty issues

The fix for the issue

Creating a Heroku App

Deploying the API to Heroku

Allowing-overlapping-words

Fixing a bug and wrapping up API

UI project setup and Parcel workflow

Fetching API response

Using Babel for transpiling JavaScript

Fixing CORS issue with Spring Boot annotation

Generating the grid table

Displaying the word grid

Styling the grid and using SCSS

Adding event handlers and data attributes

Selecting letters when click and drag

Tracking selected letters and deduping

Using a range-based approach for selecting words

Implementing direction-limited selection of words

Extracting and matching word found

Fixing some bugs and cleaning up

Getting words and grid size as user inputs

Displaying user entered words in the UI

Bundling and adding static assets to Spring Boot

Deploying and verifying on Heroku

Conclusion

Next Steps