Java Sudoku Solver / News: Recent posts

Hi there,

Just a quick update to let you know that SudokuSolve is not dead. Things have gotten pretty busy with my university work, but I'll finish this, probably in February.

Keep downloading,

Force

I'd like to thank all people who downloaded the beta 1 jarfile/source for their interest. Please drop a message in the forums if you have any remarks or questions.

Beta 2 is underway, I'm still working on the exporting system.

It's there. I packed my current build and released it to the public. It has all the basic features of what will make v0.2 fantastic. Grab it, now.

Note that this is a beta version, so the bugs may occur.
Also, there are a few features which haven't been implemented in this version yet.

- Log saving
- Program and Help menu

Things that did made it in this release include:

- Importing sudokus
- Better solving algorithm (added Hidden Pairs and Naked Triples techniques)
- The new swing GUI, which is a huge improvement.
- Intelligent error marking system
- ...... read more

I'd like to give some more details on the import feature which I've decided to include into v0.2 before its final release.

It will already be introduced in the beta release later this week.

The import function can handle .TXT and .RTF files. It handles zeros and spaces as empty sudoku cells and inserts the values. So basically, you can write your sudoku in any form (newlines and other characters (,!çù) are neglected).... read more

I'll be releasing the beta version of v0.2 next week. The only thing that still needs a bit of work is the menu, but all of vital functions are accessible through the implemented buttons and sudoku panel, so it's a working version.

I'll be implementing the saver functionality this weekend (save to TXT or RTF), test the build, and release it during the next week.

Detailed info on how the solving algorithm works can now be found on the SudokuSolve homepage (http://sudokusolve.sourceforge.net), under the "Info" tab.

Greetings, Forceflow.

Things are going well on the development of 0.2. I'm finishing up the GUI at the moment, a release can be expected within the month.

I've also had a couple of suggestions for 0.3 features:

- Hint system (only find one more value, then stop)
- Generate sudoku system (implement a function to generate sudokus, with difficulty setting)
- A brute solve method (a last resort for those really hard buggers)... read more

I've added two screenshots of the dev version of SudokuSolve 0.2. Check out the new GUI :)

V0.1 of the SudokuSolve program was released today. It is distributed as a .JAR file. Current features include basic solving of sudokus and saving the full solve log and solution to a file.

Well, hi there. It seems the project has been approved by SourceForge, so I'll be working hard to get a webpage up and running, and provide additional info soon.

Forceflow.