pangram

Riffing on the NYT Spelling Bee / Pangram game in Flutter for fun Part of rubberduckeng.com weekly web show.

Published at: https://pangram-ce21c.web.app/#/

Running locally

dart bin\generate_boards_json.dart to generate web/boards/*.json flutter run should "just work" in a web browser. flutter pub run build_runner build is needed any time Board, Manifest or any other @JSONSerliazable is edited.

.cache is populated with word lists pulled from the web and can be safely deleted.

https://nytbee.com/ has lots of notes on how the NYT does this.

Known issues

Should put the board in the URL (so you can link to a board). (What is firebase's memcache? Server should boot, self-populate.)
Firebase automated deploy on checkin fails every time.

Visual issues

Needs visual design
Buttons should be more tactile (material splash, etc.)
Should look different on tablet vs. phone.
Should hexegons still press when typing from keyboard?
Error messages are too far away from the keys on desktop.

Features

Social, High-score, share link. "beat your friend"
Share a board on twitter.
Add Analytics (firebase_analytics is not yet null-safe)
Need progress towards max score.
Analysis like https://nytbee.com/ has!

A Server-side