A web-based typing game to help users improve their speed when programming

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Code Typewriter is a game heavily inspired by TypeRacer, in which the user is timed on how quickly they can correctly type a block of text. In TypeRacer, however, the text is plain English; your typing speed in TypeRacer might not accurately show your typing speed while programming because of the various characters and symbols present in popular programming languages.

TypeWriter fixes this problem that we face in TypeRacer- you type code, not English. You are prompted with a snippet of code (in this case, JavaScript), and then timed on how fast you can type in this code block. It will calculate your speed, and average words typed per minute.

• Frontend gameplay and UI built with React and JavaScript
• Backend REST API developed with Python and FastAPI
• Data held and persisted in a FaunaDB document database

• Working with new technologies (Fauna, Python, and React)
• Dealing with syntactic differences across users/languages
• Time zone differences

• We have a working game that you can play to test your typing skills!
• Learning new technologies and implementing them in our game
• Nice looking frontend game, with timed gameplay

• FaunaDB and NoSQL databases in general were new for our team
• FastAPI was a new framework for most of the team
• React was also a new framework for some of the team members
• Time management and collaboration across timezones

• Multiplayer Functionality
• Scoreboard
• Multiple Language Support
• Login/Auth
• Invite Friends

• Node.js, Python3

• Clone this repository

• cd into /frontend
• run npm install to grab necessary dependencies
• run npm start to boot dev server
• dev server should be running on port 3000

• cd into backend
• install dependence in requirements.txt
• run python main.py
• dev server should be running on port 8000

Application Should be running