A networked tic-tac-toe program for two human players.
Design goal was a thin client and a fat server, but the server is pretty slender as well. (Ask me about the picture I drew to design the program!) Style and architecture are in progress. Currently, the user interface is not very friendly.
Simply run
runhaskell client.hs
with no arguments, and you will join the next available game. The first player to connect will play X and go first. There is no message while you wait for a second player to connect. If you get tired of waiting, you can open a second terminal window and run the same command again to play against yourself.
There is no option to manually select your opponent.
runhaskell client.hs [hostname] [portnumber]
And then at a different computer, or at least a different terminal, the same command again:
runhaskell client.hs [hostname] [portnumber]
The hostname and portnumber are optional. You will connect to nabilhassein.com if you don't specify them.
If you supply only one argument, it is assumed to be a hostname. In this case the default port is 8000.
You can also run your own server with
runhaskell server.hs [portnumber]
If you do this, then be sure to either change the default hostname (and probably port number) in your local version of server.hs and client.hs; or else specify the correct hostname and port number on the command line when you run your clients.
The port number in use on the server running at nabilhassein.com is 443 because I'm currently too lazy to configure my firewall.
- better handling of user input when it is not their turn
- configure firewall and stop using port 443
- graceful handling of lost connections
- better user interface