Text File Compressor Web App

• Uses Huffman Coding for Text Compression
• Made with JAVASCRIPT , HTML and CSS
• Website Link : https://sam15jain.github.io/file_compressor/

About

• Performs Lossless compression and decompression of .txt files using Huffman Coding technique .
• Each character is assigned a unique variable length binary code, instead of its 8-bit representation, with more frequent characters having smaller codes. A Huffman Tree is created and stored to generate and decode these codes.
• Compression ratio usually improves as the file size increases.
• The website is made responsive (with HTML and CSS ) and interactive (with JavaScript ) .
• An Info page is added to give more information about Huffman coding.

User Interface

• Breaks down the process into three steps:

• Step 1 : Upload Your File

• Step 2 : Select Action

• Step 3 : Sit Back and Relax

  • Required file gets downloaded automatically when process is complete

  • Compression - Compression Ratio is also displayed

  

  • De-compression

  

• Additional Instructions and Warnings are provided if the above steps are not followed correctly

• Website is Responsive

• Link at the bottom of the page links to an Info page that provides more information about Huffman Coding