From e1a7d5a13b89e0ba9fedf894c62280c8048203a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dev Bahl <db3791@columbia.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 17:23:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Reflect score updates immediately and sort teams by score

- server.py: sort scoreboard descending by score before returning JSON
- scoreboard.js: call display_scoreboard in the AJAX success callback so
  the UI updates without a page refresh
---
 server.py            | 1 +
 static/scoreboard.js | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 372a266c..2a7fd030 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def increase_score():
         if team["id"] == team_id:
             team["score"] += 1
 
+    scoreboard.sort(key=lambda x: x["score"], reverse=True)
     return jsonify(scoreboard=scoreboard)
 
 
diff --git a/static/scoreboard.js b/static/scoreboard.js
index 34ce2009..f48d7c1c 100644
--- a/static/scoreboard.js
+++ b/static/scoreboard.js
@@ -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");