Okay, so, I was working on this little project, it’s like a countdown timer for game updates, you know? Specifically for this game I’m hooked on, “Honkai: Star Rail”. I named this project “hsr update countdown”. Let me walk you through what I did.
First off, I gotta say, I’m no pro coder or anything. Just a guy who likes to tinker around with stuff. So, I started by looking up how to even make a timer. I found some basic HTML and JavaScript code snippets online. Nothing fancy, just your regular countdown stuff.
The first thing I did was set up a simple HTML page. You know, the usual <head>, <body> tags, nothing too complicated. Inside the <body>, I put a <div> to display the countdown. Gave it an ID, “timer”, so I could mess with it using JavaScript later on.
Then came the JavaScript part. I needed a function to calculate the time left until the next update. Looked up how to use the Date object, figured out how to find the difference between two dates. I hardcoded the next update date for now, ’cause, well, I just wanted to see it work first.
After that, I set up an interval thingy. You know, using setInterval. Basically, it’s like saying, “Hey, do this thing every second.” And the “thing” was updating the timer on the page. Simple, right? I just had to grab the “timer” element using its ID and update its content with the new time left.
Oh, and for styling, I used a bit of CSS. Just to make it look not completely terrible. Changed some colors, font sizes, and the alignment. You know, the basic stuff to make it look somewhat presentable.
- Create HTML structure with a <div> for the timer.
- Write JavaScript to calculate the remaining time.
- Use setInterval to update the timer every second.
- Apply some basic CSS for styling.
And that’s pretty much it. I ran the HTML file in my browser, and bam, there it was, a countdown timer. It wasn’t perfect, and there’s still loads I wanna add, like automatically pulling update dates from somewhere and making it look nicer. It’s still a work in progress. But hey, it’s working, and I’m pretty stoked about it! I just wanted to share this with all of you. And maybe, it could help someone who wants to make their own timer.
