Dictionary-master¶ ↑

This application is developed using Ruby on Rails and their versions are defined as follows:

Rails 4.2.6
Ruby 2.3.3

The Application Dictionary-master is developed for the purpose of finding English words from an entered string of characters. It is a single-page web application which is implemented using AJAX request to provide support for reflecting real-time changes.

The english words dictionary used can be downloaded on GitHub

• github.com/first20hours/google-10000-english/edit/master/google-10000-english.txt

The Application provides support for two optional parameters:

• Length of desired English word

• Query method for defining length (less than, less than or equal to, equal to)

Database Management¶ ↑

For Database management PostgreSQL is used. The gem used to implement it is pg. Their versions are as follows:

PostgreSQL 9.5
pg 0.20.0

Setup Instructions¶ ↑

Clone the repo:

git clone git@github.com:alpha-qu/Dictionary-master.git

Navigate to the new directory and install all required Gems

bundle install

Create and migrate the database

rake db:create

rake db:migrate

(NOTE: Application uses PostgreSQL database so it should be setup first.)

Initialise the database with English words using update_dictionary task

rake update_dictionary:update

Sample¶ ↑

Sample input1:

Query String 	:  dgo
String Length	:  3
Query Method 	:  Equal to

Sample output1:

Query Results are:
	god
	dog

Sample input2:

Query String 	:  gdof
String Length	:  3
Query Method 	:  Equal to

Sample output2:

Query Results are:
	god
	dog
	fog