Overview of Sudoku Game

Sudoku Solver and Generator

Overview of Sudoku Game

by John Vincent

Posted on May 1, 2018

Ever looked for a Sudoku Application that will help you solve your Sudoku puzzles?

Play Sudoku

Sudoku Game Solver and Generator Application

The application has everything you need for hours of Sudoku playing enjoyment:

  • Generate a puzzle
  • Insert a puzzle, the application will help you solve the puzzle.
  • Walk through a puzzle.
  • Computer moves.
  • Undo is supported.
  • Ask the computer to solve the puzzle.
  • Save a puzzle.
  • Load a puzzle.

Technologies

  • Java
  • Swing
  • Drag and Drop

Usage

To execute app from the command line, use java-sudoku

or

/Applications/java-sudoku

Optionally a .sudoku file may be passed as a parameter. The saved game will be loaded so the game may recommence.

For example:

game_1.sudoku

010000780
820010509
900005020
003950000
000703000
000086300
070500003
604070095
059000010

where:

  • Zero => not set
  • 1-9 => initial value
Play Sudoku

Sudoku Web Sites

Many websites allow for Sudoku playing. Start a game and insert the game into the Sudoku Application for help with the puzzle.

Script File

/Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/java/Games/java-sudoku/Sudoku/app.command

#!/bin/sh
#
# script to run java app Sudoku
#
PARAMS="$*"
echo "PARAMS are $PARAMS"
#
DEV_HOME=/Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/java/Games/java-sudoku/Sudoku
#
cd $DEV_HOME
#
MYCP=$DEV_HOME/classes:$DEV_HOME/Jars/log4j-1.2.13.jar
#
MY_FILE=$PARS
#
java -cp $MYCP io.johnvincent.sudoku.gui.Appgui $MY_FILE

Create Symbolic Link

ln -s /Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/java/Games/java-sudoku/Sudoku/app.command /Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/repo_shell_scripts/mac/unix-scripts/bin/sudoku

Save Sudoku as a Mac App

Execute from Finder

  • Go, Applications
  • Execute: Automator (or Automator.app)

Select

  • Quick Action, or
  • Application

and then select Choose

From the middle pane, double click Run Shell Script

Shell: /bin/bash Pass input: as arguments

/Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/repo_shell_scripts/mac/unix-scripts/bin/sudoku $1

To save:

  • File, Save:
  • Save as: sudoku
  • Where: Applications

saves sudoku.app in Applications.

Start Sudoku with Game Imported

Verify

cd /Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/java/Games/java-sudoku/Sudoku
./app.command games/game_1.sudoku

and

cd /Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/java/Games/java-sudoku/Sudoku
/Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/repo_shell_scripts/mac/unix-scripts/bin/sudoku games/game_1.sudoku

and

cd /Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/java/Games/java-sudoku/Sudoku
open -a sudoku.app --args games/game_1.sudoku

Make Sudoku the default app for *.sudoku

In Finder

  • select folder cd /Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/java/Games/java-sudoku/Sudoku/games

  • select any .sudoku file

  • right click, Get Info

  • Open with:

    • Select: sudoku.app
    • Select: Change All
Play Sudoku

Development

At Github, create repository java-sudoku

Repository: https://github.com/johnvincentio/java-sudoku

cd /Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/java/Games
create-repo java-sudoku

Remove non-relevant files.

Add README.md

cd java-sudoku

Create README.md

For details, see Sudoku/README.md

Start Eclipse

in Finder

  • select /Users/jv/Desktop/MyDevelopment/github/java/Games/java-sudoku
  • Right click, Services
    • eclipse-jee

Create Java Project

  • File, New, Project
  • Java Project

Settings

  • Project Name: Sudoku

  • Use default location

  • JRE; Use an execution environment JRE: JavaSE-1.8

  • Create separate folders for sources and class files

  • Default output folder: Sudoku/classes

Package

Select src

  • Right click, New, Package
  • io.johnvincent

Copy code to this package and change package names.

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