« Presenting BoR (Bingo on Rails)!!! »

This weekend my kids wanted to play bingo — we had a stack of cards and some plastic markers and it seemed like a good idea. We decided that we would write a quick RoR (Ruby on Rails) web app to “roll” for us. We had a good time playing so I decided that I’d post it here for others to use.

Here are some simple instructions:

1. Reloading the page starts a new game

2. Pressing enter or “NEXT!” brings up a new bingo number (Yes I’m using AJAX. Yes there’s a better way.)

3. The grey box on the right hand side has the game history. This is handy for the older folks who like to play lots of cards.

4. The game is “over” when every number from B1 to O75 is exhausted. It should really be over long before that — if you ever get to a game over state just reload the page to get a new game. I guess I should really put a link in there…

That’s it! All feature requests/flames/whatever belong in the comments. Which are moderated by me.

Here’s the link to BoR (Bingo on Rails). Enjoy!

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