Coding Challenge 154: Minimax Algorithm for Tic Tac Toe

In this challenge I take the Tic Tac Toe game from coding challenge #149 and add an AI opponent for a human player by implenenting the Minimax algorithm. Code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges...

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References:
🔗 Geeks for Geeks - Minimax Algorithm in Game Theory: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/minimax...
📚 Minimax on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimax

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Related Coding Challenges:
🚂 #94 2048 Sliding Puzzle Game:    • Coding Challenge #94: 2048 - Part 1  
🚂 #149 Tic Tac Toe:    • Coding Challenge 149: Tic Tac Toe  

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction to the challenge
2:17 Explanation of the Minimax algorithm
8:20 Start Coding
12:54 Check to see if anybody won
14:16 Recursively check the max score for all the spots (AI)
16:51 Recursively check the min score for all the spots (Human)
18:15 Refactor using min() and max()
19:05 Fix bugs
21:13 Final output
22:46 Ideas and Suggestions

Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Music from Epidemic Sound

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