Multiplayer Chess Spike

The goal of this app was to spike out a two-player browser chess game in JS using:

• pusher
• no frameworks other than jQuery
• native HTML5 dragdrop

Setup

• bundle
• rake db:create db:migrate
• cp .env{.example,}
• Create a pusher app, turn on "Enable Client Events" in settings, and fill in .env with your keys / app id
• rails s

Debugging

If the pusher stuff doesn't work, uncomment the lines in application.js that enable pusher logging

Playing

• Open http://localhost:3000 in one tab
• Enter a username and start a game
• Copy the link, and open that link in another browser, or in an incognito tab
• Enter a different username
• Play a white move in one tab, switch to the other to watch it take place
• Play a black move in the other tab

Heroku

http://desolate-eyrie-1441.herokuapp.com/