Audit/issues

backend/algorithms/sort/selectionSort.ts

@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ export const selectionSort = (unsortedArray: number[]): SelectionSortState => {
   }
 }
 
-console.log(selectionSort([59,24, 3,6,7,2,8,49,32,20]))
+//console.log(selectionSort([59,24, 3,6,7,2,8,49,32,20]))

backend/index.ts

@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ import { selectionSort } from "./algorithms/sort/selectionSort";
 
 app.post("/algorithms/sort/selection", (req, res) => {
 	const node = req.body.array;
-	console.log(node);
+	console.log('recieved rquest with:', node);
 	const algoOutput = selectionSort(node);
+	console.log('sending back sorted array:', algoOutput)
 	res.status(200).json(algoOutput);
 });
 

frontend/src/app/components/sort/SelectionSort.tsx

@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ const SelectionSortAnimation: React.FC<SelectionSortAnimationProps> = ({
   }, [animationIndex, isFinished, isRunning, stateHistory.length])
 
   const handleSelectionSort = () => {
-    // ideally this will call the bubbleSort function, which will pass state for every position change
+    // ideally this will call the selectionSort function, which will pass state for every position change
     // every position change will update the state of sortedArray, which should get reflected in a change in the divs
     // you can add a slight time delay to ensure the visualisation flows
-    setIsRunning(true)
     setAnimationIndex(0)
+    setIsRunning(true)
+
   }
 
   const handleReset = () => {

frontend/src/utils/express.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,31 @@ import type {
 	TraversalStep
 } from "@/types/typesSearch"
 
-const SERVER_URL = 'https://algorithm-visualisations-express-production.up.railway.app'
+const DEPLOYED_SERVER_URL = 'https://algorithm-visualisations-express-production.up.railway.app'
+
+async function selectServerUrl() {
+  const hasNetworkConnection = await axios({
+    method: "GET",
+    url: `${DEPLOYED_SERVER_URL}`
+  })
+
+  console.log('can we access the remote server:', hasNetworkConnection)
+
+  if (hasNetworkConnection) {
+    return DEPLOYED_SERVER_URL
+  } else {
+    return 'http://localhost:8080'
+  }
+
+}
+
+// It's not clear to me why this promise is getting rejected?
+const TEST_URL = selectServerUrl()
+console.log('server', TEST_URL)
+
+const SERVER_URL = 'http://localhost:8080'
+
+
 
 // Search: DFS -> take in a graph and a target and return a set
 export async function getDFS(graph: Graph<string>, currentVertex: string, target: string|null): Promise<TraversalStep[] | null> {