wordgames4j

Alternative implementation for wordgames, a word games server for WebSockets
I'm aware that this is basically my primary implementation now. The Rust server will be re-explored later.

Why move this server to Java?

• Not feeling like finishing the Rust implementation until I wrap my head around async Rust
• Benchmarking interests (even more alternative implementations in even more languages coming soon?)

APIs used

Random word API at https://random-word-api.herokuapp.com

List of games

1. ws/anagram Normal anagrams game. Features:

• Multiple language support
• Time configuration
• Word length configuration
• Timer configuration

How to play?

Connect to wss://your-server-address/ws/anagram/{room ID} and type /help!
Room ID can be any string.

Frontends

• PixelSam123/wordgames-client
• PixelSam123/wordgames_dc
• PixelSam123/wordgamestui
• pixelsam123.github.io/minigames

Spinning it up

Instructions to run available from Quarkus' README below.

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Running the application in dev mode

You can run your application in dev mode that enables live coding using:

./gradlew quarkusDev

NOTE: Quarkus now ships with a Dev UI, which is available in dev mode only at http://localhost:8080/q/dev/.

Packaging and running the application

The application can be packaged using:

./gradlew build

It produces the quarkus-run.jar file in the build/quarkus-app/ directory. Be aware that it’s not an über-jar as the dependencies are copied into the build/quarkus-app/lib/ directory.

The application is now runnable using java -jar build/quarkus-app/quarkus-run.jar.

If you want to build an über-jar, execute the following command:

./gradlew build -Dquarkus.package.type=uber-jar

The application, packaged as an über-jar, is now runnable using java -jar build/*-runner.jar.

Creating a native executable

You can create a native executable using:

./gradlew build -Dquarkus.package.type=native

Or, if you don't have GraalVM installed, you can run the native executable build in a container using:

./gradlew build -Dquarkus.package.type=native -Dquarkus.native.container-build=true

You can then execute your native executable with: ./build/wordgames4j-1.0-SNAPSHOT-runner

If you want to learn more about building native executables, please consult https://quarkus.io/guides/gradle-tooling.