This is a program for running a Go "ladder" competition. The primary goal here is to have exciting games; finding the "best" player is secondary.
It can be used but has some rough edges and should not be exposed to the Internet.
- Rust (see https://rustup.rs/ and https://www.rust-lang.org/) Minimal version: 1.62 (might work with versions a little older)
- libsqlite3 (see "Notes on building" in https://crates.io/crates/rusqlite) This might come with the OS already. Minimal version: 3.24.0
- Compile and run the application using
cargo run --releasefollowed by the database pathname. If the database file does not exist yet, it will be created and initialized automatically. By omitting--releaseone can create a debug build, which compiles much faster but runs slower. - Go to http://127.0.0.1:8080/ in a Web browser (this is currently hard-coded).
For production use, a release build should be created. The application
binary can be found somewhere under target/. All necessary data is part of
this binary, except possibly the sqlite3 library.
The binary can be run on any computer sufficiently similar to the build machine.
Various pages omit buttons and background colours when printing (using CSS media queries).
The idea is that the competition has "seasons", for example two a year.
During a season, the rules are kept constant and only minor updates to the application are applied.
When a new season is to be started, the players can be exported to a file using the old application and old database. Then, the new application (possibly with larger updates) can be started using a new database, and the players can be imported.