julianchurchill / jsgoclient

A simple mobile Go (wei-qi) client app written in JavaScript using phonegap

JSGoClient

A simple mobile Go (wei-qi) client app written in JavaScript using phonegap.

To run the test do this from the project root directory:

./gulp test

To watch for files changes and automatically run the tests do thi:

./gulp watch

References

Guides

• Phonegap
• Angular and Phonegap
• Quick start guide to phonegap and AngularJS
• How to test your JS and use it in a browser

Tools

• Android SDK
• Phonegap/Cordova Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Yeoman - scaffolding for webapps, only used to create initial angularjs app structure in goclient/app
  • Installed yeoman 'npm install -g yo'
  • Installed yeoman angularjs generator 'npm install -g generator-angular'
  • Entered app directory ('goclient/angular' in this case) and created an angular app with 'yo angular'
  • Installed Compass from within app directory with 'gem update --system && gem install compass'
• Gulp

TODO

• Make a basic phonegap app, include ngMobile module from angular-mobile.js to remove click delays.
• Add an empty 19x19 board which can be clicked to add stones until full
• Click an occupied point removes the stone
• On mobile initial click zooms to a 7x7 segment, second click selects point to place stone
• Add minimal KGS client capability

DONE

• Use Gulp as a top-level build system
  • tasks:
    • 'test':'run jasmine tests'
    • 'lint':'run jshint on js files'
    • 'build':'cd goclient ; phonegap build android'
    • 'install':'cd goclient ; phonegap install android'