Weekend Project
Languages and libraries
japanese learning tool
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How HN took it
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.
Execution: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple and useful for learners
From 4 comments
Clean and simple. I like it. For a more advanced puzzle, you could also put kanji instead of romaji in the "word list" (basically it would be a test of the user's ability to…
quant18 on HNOtsukarasamadeshita! Nice app! I find it pretty useful What kind of input validation are you doing? It doesn't seem to prevent invalid characters. For example, I put in words…
ebun on HNI'm going to Japan in a while to study Japanese, this will most definitely come in hand! :D
ique on HNnicely done. I would be interested to see the JS code that you used to help user select the words in cells
Omnipresent on HN
Good use of Japanese text and kana
From 1 comment
すごい！Very nicely done.
kentosi on HN
Objections
Romaji-to-kana conversion has bugs, such as ぢ for ji
From 1 comment
Clean and simple. I like it. For a more advanced puzzle, you could also put kanji instead of romaji in the "word list" (basically it would be a test of the user's ability to…
quant18 on HN
No input validation; invalid letters like q and l are accepted
From 2 comments
Otsukarasamadeshita! Nice app! I find it pretty useful What kind of input validation are you doing? It doesn't seem to prevent invalid characters. For example, I put in words…
ebun on HNCurrently -- none at all. This assumes a rather familiar audience :) I'm hoping to flesh it out to be a bit more user friendly soon.
trydionel on HN
Requests
Support kanji in the word list
From 1 comment
Clean and simple. I like it. For a more advanced puzzle, you could also put kanji instead of romaji in the "word list" (basically it would be a test of the user's ability to…
quant18 on HN
Add roman-to-katakana and english-to-kana translation
From 2 comments
Hi HNers, I wanted to demo my weekend project, an online Japanese word search builder. I'm currently studying the language and have been looking for some more interactive…
trydionel on HNHehe, that's actually a typo for komban! I just quick copied some vocabulary from one of my books to seed the word list and clearly didn't double-check my work :) That aside,…
trydionel on HN
Use EDICT dictionary data
From 2 comments
Clean and simple. I like it. For a more advanced puzzle, you could also put kanji instead of romaji in the "word list" (basically it would be a test of the user's ability to…
quant18 on HNYea, the romanization rules are only approximate at best. It won't properly transcribe 'doozo' either. I'd like to support some more advanced translations, but I'm trying to take…
trydionel on HN
Questions
What is the word kombon in the word list?
From 1 comment
Well done, but I ran into an unfamiliar word: what's 'kombon (こんぼん)'? Or... is it just to learn romaji-kana transliteration and not about real words?
kazuya on HN
What input validation is used?
From 1 comment
Otsukarasamadeshita! Nice app! I find it pretty useful What kind of input validation are you doing? It doesn't seem to prevent invalid characters. For example, I put in words…
ebun on HN
Alternatives named
EDICT Japanese-English dictionary
From 1 comment
Clean and simple. I like it. For a more advanced puzzle, you could also put kanji instead of romaji in the "word list" (basically it would be a test of the user's ability to…
quant18 on HN