How to Code a Maze in JavaScript

…a tutorial in JavaScript maze generation using various pathfinding algorithms from DFS to Kruskal!

Kiersten Campbell
Geek Culture

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Light blue maze with white walls.
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Have you ever wanted to generate a maze? This tutorial will teach you how to create a maze data structure, generate a maze using a pathfinding algorithm and visualize your maze!

JavaScript is the main language used in this project. The reason this project is written in JavaScript is that it is easy to create visualizations that can be hosted on the World Wide Web with it, it is a language that is widely known and it is commonly used so it is always an excellent programming language to practice! You can learn more about JavaScript here:

For Hacktoberfest 2022, I created, maintained and contributed to the majority of the code for a JavaScript maze generation project as a way to foster educational open-source development. The code from this project will be referenced throughout the tutorial but you can also find the repository here if you’d like to view the complete code.

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