From b4d338935d9c04f87b3fd670abc92ac328f2acdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alishachang2 <changalishac@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:38:25 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] start sort, using insertion or comparison sort

---
 server.py            | 18 +++++++++---------
 static/scoreboard.js |  7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 372a266c..57e0b7ec 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from flask import Response, request, jsonify
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
+#scoreboard is a json file with a hashmap that contains id, name and score
 scoreboard = [
     {
     "id": 1,
@@ -36,11 +37,11 @@
 ]
 
 
-@app.route('/')
+@app.route('/') 
 def show_scoreboard():
     return render_template('scoreboard.html', scoreboard = scoreboard) 
 
-@app.route('/increase_score', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+@app.route('/increase_score', methods=['GET', 'POST']) #when get method is sent, post to update the value and update it on screen 
 def increase_score():
     global scoreboard
 
@@ -50,13 +51,12 @@ def increase_score():
     for team in scoreboard:
         if team["id"] == team_id:
             team["score"] += 1
-
+    
+    prev_team = scoreboard[0]
+    for team in scoreboard:
+        
     return jsonify(scoreboard=scoreboard)
 
-
+#implement sorting algorithm, change the display: use counting sort
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-   app.run(debug = True)
-
-
-
-
+   app.run(debug = True)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/static/scoreboard.js b/static/scoreboard.js
index 34ce2009..480f905b 100644
--- a/static/scoreboard.js
+++ b/static/scoreboard.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function addTeamView(id, name, score){
   $("#teams").append(team_template);
 }
 
-function increase_score(id){
+function increase_score(id){ 
   var team_id = {"id": id}
   $.ajax({
     type: "POST",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function increase_score(id){
     contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
     data : JSON.stringify(team_id),
     success: function(result){
-        
+      display_scoreboard(result.scoreboard);
     },
     error: function(request, status, error){
         console.log("Error");
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ function increase_score(id){
         console.log(error)
     }
   });
+  
 }
 
 $(document).ready(function(){
   display_scoreboard(scoreboard);
-})
+})
\ No newline at end of file

From 3ac97690522dc94a243162e0b992d9017b8553cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alishachang2 <changalishac@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:46:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] finished implementing sort

---
 server.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 57e0b7ec..31963569 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -52,8 +52,14 @@ def increase_score():
         if team["id"] == team_id:
             team["score"] += 1
     
-    prev_team = scoreboard[0]
-    for team in scoreboard:
+    for i in range(1, len(scoreboard)):
+        key = scoreboard[i]
+        j = i - 1
+        while j >= 0 and key["score"] > scoreboard[j]["score"]:
+            scoreboard[j + 1] = scoreboard[j]
+            j -= 1
+        scoreboard[j + 1] = key
+
         
     return jsonify(scoreboard=scoreboard)