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Create a tic-tac-toe game in React.js
Today, while scrolling through Pinterest, I came across an adorable tic-tac-toe board (a Chocolate board) that I instantly wanted to create. I thought, why not build it using CSS and turn it into a game as well?
First, I created a React app using the create-react-app command and removed all the default code from App.js.
Create a Game Board Component
I started with a game board designed to look like chocolate, with Marshmallow and Strawberry as the players. (I know, it sounds delicious! 😋).
Gameboard
The game board displays a grid of Cell
components, each representing a cell in the tic-tac-toe game. The Cell
components are responsible for rendering individual cells and handling user interactions.
Here is an overview of the code below.
Message and Restart Button
- Shows the current game message or the winning message if there is one.
- Includes an image of a restart button. Clicking this image triggers
handleRestartGame
resetting the game.
Functions
1. handleRestartGame
Resets the game by clearing the cells
array, setting the turn back to "marshmallow", and…