Real-time Typing Trainer
Overview
A real-time multiplayer typing trainer providing competitive practice sessions through PartyKit’s serverless real-time infrastructure. Built with React 19 and TypeScript, it delivers instant synchronization of typing progress across participants with comprehensive analytics and session management.
Key Features
- Real-Time Multiplayer: PartyKit-powered WebSocket sessions supporting multiple concurrent users
- Comprehensive Analytics: WPM, accuracy, error tracking, and character-level analysis
- Session Management: Unique URLs for sharable multiplayer sessions with participant tracking
- Solo Practice: Individual typing sessions with full analytics and progress tracking
- Type-Safe Routing: TanStack Router for excellent developer experience and type safety
My Role & Responsibilities
- Architected and built entire application as solo developer using React 19 and TypeScript
- Implemented real-time multiplayer functionality with PartyKit serverless infrastructure
- Designed WebSocket communication for instant typing progress synchronization
- Built analytics engine calculating WPM, accuracy, and error patterns in real-time
- Created session management system with unique shareable URLs for multiplayer
- Configured Vitest testing framework for reliable code quality
- Deployed frontend to Netlify with PartyKit backend at typing-trainer.oluwasetemi.partykit.dev
Technical Highlights
Leveraged React 19’s concurrent rendering capabilities for smooth real-time updates without performance degradation. PartyKit provides serverless real-time infrastructure with automatic scaling and connection management, eliminating the need for traditional WebSocket server setup. TanStack Router delivers type-safe routing with file-based routing patterns and excellent developer experience. The analytics engine processes typing events in real-time, calculating WPM with accuracy adjustments and tracking error patterns for detailed performance insights.
Impact & Results
- Real-Time Performance: Instant synchronization with sub-100ms latency using PartyKit
- Serverless Architecture: Scalable real-time infrastructure without server management
- Modern React: Showcases React 19 features and concurrent rendering capabilities
- Type Safety: Complete TypeScript coverage ensuring runtime reliability
- Testing: Vitest integration for comprehensive unit testing
Links
- Live Application - Try the multiplayer trainer
- Source Code - GitHub repository
- PartyKit Server - Real-time backend