- What is this?
- This is an app to help you measure your typing speed, so you can improve it.
- Why code this when there are already millions of apps around that do this?
- This is a fun side project for me, and like this I can build the speed testing app exactly how I want it.
- How does it work?
- You just start typing the words on the screen. At the end, you will see your speed (words per minute), accuracy, and average words per minute.
- What is WPS?
- WPS means words per second. This is not the actual amount of words you type, but the system assumes an average word length of 5 characters.
- What is accuracy?
- The accuracy determines how many mistakes you made. A corrected mistake (marked in yellow) only counts as half a mistake.
- What is AWPS?
- AWPS refers to the average words per second. This is the WPS, but is takes into account your accuract. (If you type 100 words per second, but only 50% of them are correct, your AWPS is 50)
- Are you planning to add more features?
- As a matter of fact I am. Here a few things I plan to add in the future:
- Configuration (sound on/off, word count, etc.)
- Mistake analysis
- Keep track of your typing sessions (create account) so you can see your progress.
- Is this project open source?
- Not yet.
- Are you aware that the domain looks dirty when typed in all lowercase?
- Yes. Unfortunately, I noticed it too late.