Wat is an interactive app built to drastically reduce time spent searching for syntax and code usage questions.
Wat aggregates project APIs, readmes, code snippits, usage samples and practical documentation across any language or libary, and makes this data ridiculously accessible from the one tool every developer uses: the CLI.
Wat combines indexes, edit-distance algorithms, auto-completion and common sense to make sure you get what you asked for. It auto-updates when the community adds content, and optimizes its performance based on the content you use most.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/dthree/wat
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Developer: DC
License: MIT License
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