Joy of Coding

Joy of Coding is a lovely conference focused on sharing the love and joy of software and software development. I answered their call for session and I got accepted.

The session that I am going to present is a workshop titled: "How to solve permutation puzzles; with the aid of a computer". In it you will learn how to solve permutation puzzles, like the Rubik's cube, Megaminx, Brainbow, and others. You will do this by learning a small bit of hands-on mathematics using the computer to do some calculations.

With these calculations you can discover moves that will help you solve the puzzle. This is different from letting the computer solve the puzzle because a computer does not mind 'memorizing' the shortest path whereas a person has will be hard pressed to do just that.

I am writing a book to accompany the session at Joy of Coding, so if you want a sneak peek at the content you can find one there.