Joshua Paling

Conway's Game of Life - Virtual Scrap Paper

Rather than running through scenarios on scrap paper, use the board below.

I also wrote a post with suggested steps for newer devs and their mentors (TL;DR: don't dive straight into TDD).

Rules:

If a live cell has two or three neighbours, it lives. Otherwise, it dies.

If a dead cell has exactly three neighbours, it comes to life.

0, 0
1, 0
2, 0
3, 0
4, 0
5, 0
6, 0
7, 0
8, 0
9, 0
0, 1
1, 1
2, 1
3, 1
4, 1
5, 1
6, 1
7, 1
8, 1
9, 1
0, 2
1, 2
2, 2
3, 2
4, 2
5, 2
6, 2
7, 2
8, 2
9, 2
0, 3
1, 3
2, 3
3, 3
4, 3
5, 3
6, 3
7, 3
8, 3
9, 3
0, 4
1, 4
2, 4
3, 4
4, 4
5, 4
6, 4
7, 4
8, 4
9, 4
0, 5
1, 5
2, 5
3, 5
4, 5
5, 5
6, 5
7, 5
8, 5
9, 5
0, 6
1, 6
2, 6
3, 6
4, 6
5, 6
6, 6
7, 6
8, 6
9, 6
0, 7
1, 7
2, 7
3, 7
4, 7
5, 7
6, 7
7, 7
8, 7
9, 7
0, 8
1, 8
2, 8
3, 8
4, 8
5, 8
6, 8
7, 8
8, 8
9, 8
0, 9
1, 9
2, 9
3, 9
4, 9
5, 9
6, 9
7, 9
8, 9
9, 9