There are various online gaming sites and apps that allow you to either login or download and play poker. There are about 100 million online poker players, and there is a reason for this. Poker is considered one of the most lucrative and accessible games that are played online worldwide.

 

The first and the most crucial point that you need to know before designing and building a Poker app is understanding the rules of the platform on which it’s going to launched or used. Each platform (Android/iOS/Windows) has its own set of rules, so it’s always advisable to do thorough research before going all in.

 

It would help if you customized your chosen layout in such a way that it enhances user engagement. Add popular features along with few unique features to make sure your app stands out. However, while innovating unique features, do not forget the primary reason for these apps being so popular. So it would help if you imitated what works best along with adding your innovative ideas.

 

 

Know your Platform

Be it Android, Windows, or Apple, they all have their traits and interface, so you must understand how they work before drafting your app. Defining multiple layouts for separate screens and tabs based on your chosen platform needs to be understood and implemented. If the interface of your app doesn’t match your platform’s interface, it may cause dissatisfaction among your users. Like keeping in mind, those Android apps always have their ‘Tabs’ on the top.

 

Get your Basics Right

You need to know how to do graphics and programming. Have a clear understanding of poker’s complex rules along with local, regional, national, and international laws on gambling in all forms. It would help if you also got an integrated, safe, and secure payment system. You require to first work on your idea of how you want to develop a Poker game app and about its functional layout, pattern, and design. Once these are sorted, you need to then look into the coding part as this is going to be the base or pillar on which your app will run. You must also not forget the marketing strategies about releasing them. Still, before you do so, you need to have tested, and trial runs to see if there are any loopholes or any glitches so that those can be rectified and resolved before its final launch.

 

Joining Hands with Social Networking Sites and Other App Stores

This will allow the user to have an option to share their gaming performances which will alternatively help in promoting your app as a marketing strategy. You can also widen your potential gamer base by distributing and launching your poker app on other available app stores.

 

The Tools you require to set up the Application

You will need a few essential tools installed in your development environment before you can start building the poker app, and they are:

 

• Elixir

 

•  A text editor of your preference

 

• Git

 

• A Github Account

 

You then need to fork the Pokerwars repository and clone this forked repository into your computer once you have the tools mentioned above installed. The reason you should use forking instead of cloning is so that you can modify any future upstream changes very quickly.

 

Any good developer would write and run tests, making sure the game is working right for you to create your implementations. This is done to introduce layouts and syntax of the trials, and you need to make sure that you extend and write tests for the cases that you write implementations for. This will help you build a fantastic poker app.

 

Testing a Straight Flush

What is a Straight Flush? A straight flush is when you have five cards with consecutive numeric values of the same suit (for example, 7, 8, 9, 10, and jack of hearts). Based on this, you need to write your program so that each time you have the scenario mentioned above, you have a straight flush allowing you to win, which is also known as ‘Complete Hand’ in poker terminology.

 

Testing the Same Suit

It’s important to know, if in a collection of suit each suit is the same or if there is any difference. There are multiple ways to solve this: one of the ways you can do so is mentioned below:

• In a collection of suit select the first suit

 

• In this collection of suits, whether this suit matches or doesn’t match any of the other outfits will decide if in a group of a suit is the same or if there are different suits.

 

It’s effortless and easy to get the first part of determining the first suit when you have a given name. This can be identified with the help of ‘Enum.fetch!’ function (Elixir). Even though the next part is a bit tricky, you can handle it smoothly with the help of the ‘Functional paradigm’ (Elixir) known as ‘Enum.all?’

 

Therefore, using the method mentioned above, a function can be written, which can confirm if the initial element that you got is equivalent to the initial part. If it does match with all other elements and vice versa, then all elements are the same.

 

Consecutive Ranks

Now it’s time for us to know if a given collection or set of ranks are consecutive or in sequence or not. Again, there are various methods for you do solve it, but here is one of the ways that you can opt for:

 

• You need first to work out the present as well as the next element for each pair.

 

•If the difference between the current element and the next part is determined as one, then the present pair is consecutive.

 

• Continue the same process/method for the next pair.

 

You need to understand and have an idea of pattern matching and list splitting to solve the first part in Elixir. When a list is split into two parts, head (initial element) and tail (the remaining other elements), it is known as list splitting. You can continue this method of splitting the tail into its head and tail further down. This method of list splitting in Elixir is a perfect example of a data structure recurrence.

 

The only thing you need to remember while using these methods of pattern matching, list splitting, and recursion is that this check is performed on each pair instead of an alternate pair of numbers. For example, it should check 1, 2, then 2, 3, then 3, 4, and so on.

 

Scattered Straight Flush

In real life, when a hand is dealt out, the cards are sorted first and then evaluated. Similarly, while playing online, it needs to sort the side that is dealt out so that it becomes easier to evaluate even though the order of the cards in your hand shouldn’t matter if they are a straight flush. This can be done by using the code ‘score?/1’.

 

Naming your App

Picking the right name for your app is as vital as using the correct codes and programming. Choosing the right name can make all the difference. Do not be a copy cat in case of name selection and also make sure that no other apps name sounds similar, and no one else is using it. It shouldn’t be too lengthy, and neither should it be a tongue twister. Short and sweet is the best option. Remember, the name is everything because it’s the first thing you will see while scrolling or searching, so you have those few seconds to catch someone’s eye and make an impression. It should be unique and catchy, keeping in mind that the name should also indicate its purpose.

 

It’s not impossible to build a great poker app. You need to know what you are doing and how to do it correctly. It requires careful and strategic planning and an understanding of your targeted audience and platform.