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Game Playing Opponents and the Minimax Algorithm

AI, Game Development, Software Development Minimax

In many games, the goal of the game is to use logic to determine the best possible move at any given point in the game. You have probably played Tic-Tac-Toe enough times to know that some moves are better or worse for a player to make. When designing opponents for games like these you can […]

Using the Speech Synthesis API

Game Development JavaScript, tts

For a recent project, we decided to try to use the built-in browsers support for speech while we were waiting for the final script to be finalized. We needed a way to get an idea of how long it would run and to be able to quickly have our writers review the current script in […]

Teaching C++ Through Game Development

Education and Technology, Game Development, Software Development C++

I am always interested in finding ways to teach programming to students and I recently came across a book that teaches C++ through game development. I decided to post my own notes as I read along. The book was written using Windows, and I will be using a Mac, so I will comment any changes […]

Setting Up Mac OSX for Machine Learning with Python and Java

AI, Software Development Java, machine learning, python, weka

There are many libraries and tools available for learning and working on projects that are related to machine learning. In addition, you can use many programming languages to work with these projects as well. This article is focused on two programming languages (Python and Java) and the open source tools that they commonly use. We […]

Setting up and using Angular 2 CLI

Software Development AngularJS

Angular 2 CLI is still in beta at the time of this writing, but it is also recommended to use it for new projects. After reviewing the basic features and setup, I wanted to corral all my learnings into one location so that I can re-use it for future projects. The website for the CLI […]

Genetic Algorithms

AI algorithms

Genetic algorithms are algorithms for solving problems in AI where you do not care about the path that you took to arrive at the goal, but only the goal. So for example, if you need to find I will explain the main parts of the algorithm, and for each part explain a bit about the […]

Switching to rvm from rbenv

Software Development osx, ruby

After struggling to get OSX to use a new version of ruby using rbenv, I decided it was finally time to switch to RVM. The reason I am switching is not only because rbenv was not working, but also because I am very used to the syntax since I use NVM daily. It was easier for […]

MOOCMinder Update 4

Education and Technology moocminder

Project Status Review The last two weeks have been split between the website, and the Chrome extension. For the website, a new Course List has been added, as well as some bugs, and the big change is the API. Now that the site has a public API, the Chrome extension can talk to it. This […]

MOOCMinder.com

Education and Technology

The idea for MOOCMinder came from my research of MOOC’s in my Ed Tech class at GATech. The main feature of the site is to help students stay on track and complete their MOOC course. But along the way it transitioned in to something that would help students to better know their own understanding of […]

Installing Java 8 on Ubuntu 14 LTS

Software Development java 8, ubuntu

Installing Using a PPA To install Java on oracle, the preferred way is to use apt-get install, however the default installation does not include Java8, because of its licensing. To get around that you need to first add a new repository for apt-get to pull from, and then update apt-get in order for that repository […]