page counter

Regular Expression with Japanese Characters

I decided to build a word counter that would give the user the exact number of words and characters and an estimated number of page numbers for text that the user inputs into a textarea. I wanted to make the word counter bilingual and offer instructions to the user in both English and Japanese. Because the Japanese language does not use spaces, users who choose to input text in Japanese would only be able to make use of the character count and the page number estimate.

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Relative Sizing in BEM

I am always trying to write cleaner code (although I realize I didn't always have this philosophy when I look at some of my older projects). Learning about CSS architecture makes me feel one step closer to achieving that goal. After reading about naming conventions in BEM, I decided to test drive my newfound knowledge by creating a simple landing page for my website.

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