Simon was almost done translating Smart Rockets example no. 2 (Smart Rockets Superbasic) from Daniel Shiffman’s The Nature of Code, from Processing (Java) into JavaScript in Cloud9, when he got an error using genetic algorithm: the dna seems to be undefined while Simon did define mom and dad dna.
This is Simon’s translation online in Cloud9: https://ide.c9.io/simontiger/smart-rockets#openfile-README.md
This is when he first discovered the bug and tried different solutions:
And this is the same project before he introduced the genetic algorithm:
In the next video Simon boasts he found two errors in his code and hopes that the problem would be solved, but alas, the rockets still vanish from the canvas after a few seconds:
Simon is officially stuck here.
On the positive side, this project did get us to read more about the actual human DNA and the way it works.
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