Typing Test
Typing test website build with React
Overview:
The typing-test is a recreation of an existing website called monkeytype. It allows users to test and improve their typing speed. The site is currently live and can be accessed by visiting the provided link. Users also have the option to contribute to the site by adding their own themes and wordlists.
Features:
- Live Site: The typing-test website is currently live and can be accessed by visiting the provided link.
- Theme Customization: Users can add their own themes by adding theme colors in the specified format in the src/stylesheets/themes.scss file. Hex codes are recommended for colors.
- Wordlist Customization: Users can add their own wordlists by renaming their wordlist file and placing it inside the src/wordlists directory. The JSON file should contain a single array of words or sentences.
- Options Management: Users can add their theme and wordlist names to the src/components/Header.tsx file in the options section. It is important to ensure that the names in the Header.tsx file match the names in the themes.scss and wordlist file to make the themes work correctly.
- Contribution: If users make changes that are good enough, they can make a pull request to the project and the changes may be merged.
Summary:
The typing-test is a website inspired by monkeytype that allows users to practice and improve their typing speed. It provides various features such as the ability to customize themes and wordlists. Users can contribute to the project by adding their own themes and wordlists. To run the website locally, users can clone the repository and follow the installation guide.
- React
React is a widely used JavaScript library for building user interfaces and single-page applications. It follows a component-based architecture and uses a virtual DOM to efficiently update and render UI components
- SCSS
SCSS is a preprocessor scripting language that extends the capabilities of CSS by adding features such as variables, nesting, and mixins. It allows developers to write more efficient and maintainable CSS code, and helps to streamline the development process by reducing repetition and increasing reusability.
- Templates & Themes
A template or theme refers to a pre-designed layout or structure that provides a basic framework for building a specific type of application or website. It typically includes good design, placeholder content and functional features, allowing developers to customize and fill in the details according to their specific needs.
- Redux
Redux is a state management library for JavaScript apps that provides a predictable and centralized way to manage application state. It enables developers to write actions and reducers that update the state in response to user interactions, server responses, and other events, and can be used with a variety of front-end frameworks and back-end technologies.
- Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, providing optional static typing, classes, interfaces, and other features that help developers write more maintainable and scalable code. TypeScript's static typing system can catch errors at compile-time, making it easier to build and maintain large applications.