I think the short summary is: Dijkstra is best when you don't know or care where you're going (there's no heuristic to tell you how close you are, or you want t

I think the short summary is: Dijkstra is best when you don't know or care where you're going (there's no heuristic to tell you how close you are, or you want to know distances to all locations), but if that heuristic exists, A* is better. I once used A* in a coding challenge for a job. Create a grid (in React) where you can place obstacles, wormholes, a start and a finish, and find the shortest route through it. The wormholes normally break A*, but I'd figured out a way to take them into account. Was a fun challenge. (Didn't take the job.)