Lexiio
Avishkar Autar · Dec 13 2015 · Random
Another little experiment of mine: Lexiio, a web-based CLI dictionary.
A few takeaways:
- Part of the reason for building this was that I wanted to actually make use of the Wiktionary data set snapshot in a real project. The data set is pretty comprehensive, and easy to parse and work with.
- This was also a learning exercise for Golang. There’s nothing complex here but, so far, working with Go has been enjoyable. I like that I’m building a native application, types are enforced, and the HTTP server included as part of the standard library is incredibly easy to setup and work with.
- I wanted to experiment a bit with what a web-based CLI would look and feel like. For something like a dictionary, where user interaction revolves around textual input/output, a command-line interface seems to work really well.
