I hack on a small application that will help me get better at touch typing.

Not a tutorial, but just a fun hacking session to build a touch typing application using ggez - a game framework written in Rust.

▶ Run and edit the code on Gitpod

Keywords

touch typing, application, ggez, event handling, game state, iterators, hacking, live-coding

Things I mentioned during the show

• ggez on Github
• ggez homepage
• Type racer
• keybr

Meta

• My Keyboard: Durgod Taurus K320 (Cherry MX Brown keys + O-Rings)

Resources and licenses

• I've used sound effects from free sound pack by Setuniman
• Curious by Setuniman available at https://freesound.org/s/154907/
• Plop sound by HerbertBoland

Support!

Preparing, recording, and editing an episode takes a substantial amount of time (around 30 hours total). I do all of this next to my fulltime dayjob. If you want to show your appreciation and help me keep the content free for everybody to enjoy, please consider sponsoring me on Github - no matter the amount. ❤️