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Can't find the word that's on the tip of your tongue? In Lexicon we provide users with a welcoming UI/UX and is MADE for Mobile devices, so you can quickly find the words you're looking for.

(Lexicon) || Thesaurus Search Engine

Solo "Take Home" Project

Live @ https://lexicon-thesaurus.herokuapp.com/

Created by:

Summary:

  • Need to improve your creative writing skills?
  • Can't find the word that's on the tip of your tongue?
  • Use Lexicon's quick and easy Thesaurus search function!
  • In Lexicon we provide users with a welcoming UI/UX and is MADE for Mobile devices, so you can quickly find the words you're looking for.

Installation:

  • Pull down this repo to your local machine
  • If you haven't already, pullup your Terminal
  • Run: npm install to download all of the user/dependencies
  • !! IMPORTANT !! You will need to request your own API-key
  • Run: npm start to start our webpack server
  • Open: http://localhost:8080/ or whatever your port number has been changed too (port = 8080).
  • Enjoy!!

Tools Used to Build Project

MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S - API

Vue

Vuetify

Jest

SASS/SCSS

VSCode

Remaining Areas for Improvement

  • I really wanted to implement a favorites feature, but I did not get a chance to finish it
  • I would like to finished the testing, and will come back to it in the future

Screenshots

WireFrame Finished Product
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Credits:

Turing truly is a great environment to start this journey into our tech careers! The ecosystem of other developers all struggling and learning together builds such a strong emphasis on helping others and yourself to achieve success!!!

© Justin Pyktel

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