Cosmosis

Darien Muse-Charbonneau

Mar 15, 2020

Chess application made in Java from a McGill University Course

In a team of 15, developed a chess application using Java.

Overview

In 2020, in a team of 15, I contributed to a chess application using Java as part of a McGill University course — ECSE 428: Software Engineering Practice. (GitHub repo here.)

Tech Stack

Our tech stack for that project looked like the following:

Layer	Technology
Frontend:	Java Swing
Backend:	Java
Testing:	JUnit
Version Control:	Git, GitHub
Project Management:	Agile, Scrum
Modelling Tools:	Umple, UML

How to Run this Project?

Because this is a 5+ year old project, we used the latest versions of the tools available at the time (2019).

JRE Version

You must run this project using Java SE 8 or it will likely not work. If you are using IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, navigate to File -> Settings -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Build Tools -> Gradle. Then, select the option Gradle JVM -> Add SDK -> Download SDK.... Then, set the Version to 1.8 and download the JDK from a vendor of your choosing. Now, you should be able to successfully build and run the project.

Configuring Account Database

Create a file named accounts.txt under /src/main/resources/ and copy paste the following content into it:

[
      {
        "id" : "0",
        "username": "admin",
        "passwordHash": "92668751",
        "firstName": "Admin",
        "lastName": "Admin"
      },
]

Running the Project

The main class is ca.mcgill.ecse428.cosmosis.ChessApplication.