CodeRacer

A “TypeRacer” for code - practice writing code as fast and as accurately as possible.

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Table of Contents

1. Features
2. Tech Stack
3. Architecture Overview
4. Data Models
5. API Endpoints

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Features

• Practice typing code snippets, track speed & accuracy
• Get post-game analysis and other individually tailored metrics for self assessment
• Difficulty tiers: easy, medium, hard
• Per-programming-language and per-tag level choice
• Compete with other users on the leaderboards
• Multiplayer (?)

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Tech Stack

• Backend: Spring Boot
• Frontend: React
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Auth: JWT
• Hosting/CI: GitHub Actions, Microsoft Azure

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Architecture Overview

[ Frontend ] ⇄ [ REST / WebSocket API ] ⇄ [ Backend Services ] ⇄ [ Database ]

• Frontend

  • Profile dashboard
  • Leaderboards
  • Code typing game

• Backend

  • Controllers
  • Services
  • Repositories

• Database

  • Tables for accounts, levels, level sessions; views for leaderboard entries and account metrics

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Data Models