This is a command line application that I have developed in Node JS during my free time throughout the 2020 COVID pandemic. The program receives an image or text input file representing a maze and outputs it as a HTML file rendered with Cytoscape.js. As the name suggests, this program can perform several different pathfinding operations on the maze. This includes finding the shortest path using Dijkstra or A*Star algorithms.
One afternoon, I decided on impulse to watch a Computerphile video hosted by Dr. Mike Pound demonstrating Dijkstra's algorithm. During my free time in the following months, I set about to write a program in Node JS that can perform pathfinding on mazes either from an image, or a specific-format text file.
After downloading the project, open a terminal inside the root folder and run npm install. Afterwards, run node maze to confirm that the program has been installed and to see a list of supported commands.
For example, the command node maze map-absolute ./examples/absolute/input.txt dsktra performs Dijkstra pathfinding on a maze text file. The program will then produce a file graph.html in the root directory.
Example maze images have been generated using Kees Meijer's Maze Generator
This project is licensed under MIT. I wrote this program as a personal exercise and for my professional portfolio. You are free to use this project as you see fit for both commercial and non-commercial purposes as long as proper credit is retained and that the MIT license remains intact.