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Enhancing the FastAPI Word Play Game with new functionalities

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Overview

Now that the base game logic is in place, this course introduces user interaction, semantic scoring, and a leaderboard system to bring competition and personalization into the experience. Learners will integrate server logic that connects the frontend with dynamic game behavior.

Syllabus

Unit 1: Scoring Word Guesses

Prepare spaCy Model for Similarity Scoring
Implement score_guess Function Skeleton
Convert Text to spaCy Doc Objects for Similarity Scoring
Normalize Case in score_guess Function
Implement Word Semantic Similarity Scoring

Unit 2: Building a Game Leaderboard

Set Up SQLAlchemy Engine and Session Factory
Implement HighScore Model and to_dict Method
Add Leaderboard Function Signatures
Implement Leaderboard submit_score Function
Add Database Persistence to Submit Score Function
Implement get_leaderboard Function

Unit 3: Connecting Game Features

Create APIRouter Instance for Game Routes
Implement the Game Data Route
Implement /submit_guess Route for Guess Scoring
Implement Submit Score Endpoint
Implement Leaderboard Endpoint

Unit 4: Initializing the Game Application

FastAPI App Initialization for Word Prediction Game
Initialize Database Tables in FastAPI Prediction Game
Organize Application Routes with FastAPI Routers
Add script-runner guard to FastAPI application

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