Okay, so I’ve been trying to figure out this whole “kenin tennis score” thing, and let me tell you, it’s been a journey. I’m not a programmer, but I like to tinker, and keeping score for our casual tennis matches seemed like a fun little project.
My First Attempt (Fail!)
Initially, I thought, “Easy peasy!” I just needed something to track points, right? So I started sketching out ideas on a notepad. My first idea involved lots of manual clicking. Basically, I envisioned having plus and minus buttons for each player. Every time someone scored, I’d click the plus button. Nope. Too much clicking, especially when you are playing. It became tedious really fast.
Getting a Bit Smarter
Then I remembered seeing some scoring apps on my phone. So I went and look some of those * gave me some better direction.
- I needed a way to easily input who won the point.
- It should automatically calculate the game score (15, 30, 40, etc.).
- Track games,sets would be a nice thing.
The “Aha!” Moment
So, I decided to make a simple webpage. I’m talking super basic HTML and a tiny bit of JavaScript (which I mostly copied and pasted from tutorials, I won’t lie). The key was using buttons, but instead of just incrementing a number, each button represented a player winning a point.
I created two big buttons: “Player A” and “Player B”. When you click “Player A”, the JavaScript code does the following:
- It adds a point to Player A’s score.
- It checks the current score and updates the display (e.g., from 15 to 30).
The same thing happens when you click “Player B”. It’s all about keeping track of the current score and updating the display accordingly.
Keep tracking and Testing!
I’ve been testing this out during our matches.It works way better than my original manual-clicking mess. It’s not perfect, of course. There’s no fancy tie-break logic yet, and I haven’t even touched sets or anything beyond a single game. But, it does what I need for now, and I’m pretty happy with it.
It’s all about taking small steps, making mistakes, and learning along the way. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll have a full-fledged tennis scoring app! For now, though, this little webpage is getting the job done. It’s really just a bunch of trial and error. I add something, try it, break it, fix it (or try to, anyway), and repeat. It’s a fun little challenge.
