Okay, so I had this project where I needed to display a bunch of data, and I figured a table would be the best way to do it. It’s all about football stuff, specifically the Leeds team. I mean, who doesn’t love a good table, right? It’s way better than just throwing a wall of text at people.
Getting Started
First things first, I needed to figure out what data I wanted to show. Goals, assists, yellow cards… you know, the usual football stats. I decided to keep it simple for starters: Player Name, Position, and Goals Scored.
Building the Thing
I’m no coding whiz, so I started with some basic HTML. I used the <table> tag, obviously. Inside that, I put a <thead> for the header row (where I put the column titles) and a <tbody> for the actual data.
Here is the code:
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Player Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Goals Scored</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<!-- Data goes here -->
</tbody>
</table>
Putting in the Data
Next up, I started filling in the <tbody>. Each player got their own row (<tr>), and within each row, I used <td> tags for each piece of data (name, position, goals).
I grabbed the player names from a list I had.
I knew their positions, so I just typed those in.
The goal count… well, I had to look that up, but it wasn’t too hard.
I ended up with something like this (just a snippet, of course):
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Patrick Bamford</td>
<td>Forward</td>
<td>17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jack Harrison</td>
<td>Midfielder</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<!-- More players... -->
</tbody>
Making it Look Okay
Honestly, the plain HTML table looked pretty boring. So, I will add some styles in it.
Finished! (For Now)
And there you have it! A simple table displaying some Leeds United player data. It’s not the prettiest thing in the world, but it gets the job done. I might add more stats or fancy styling later, but for now, I’m happy with it.
