What’s the Best Way to Build a Global Chess Scoreboard App?

1. If you’re developing a website, Typescript or JavaScript is the way to go.

2. You can either rent a VPS or use backend services like PocketBase or Firebase to handle data.

Your question is a bit broad, but here are some key points! First, if you want users to play chess through your app, you'll need a way for them to move pieces. For single-player games, client-side scripting works fine, but for multiplayer, you’ll want the client side to send moves to a server.

For long-term storage like leaderboards, having a server is essential. You can run it locally for testing, but not for public access. As for programming languages, JavaScript is solid for web apps; Python would work too, but JavaScript is more common.

Just a heads up, going for a VPS might not be the best choice for storing data unless you're set on managing your own backups. But for computational tasks, VPS is fine. For smaller projects, a standard computer should do the job well until you need to scale up.

So, it sounds like you're primarily looking to create a leaderboard for manually entered scores. If that’s the case, this project isn't too complex—it's actually a bit easier than a basic To-Do app once you figure out how to handle data storage.

You’ll just need some JavaScript to call an endpoint for the leaderboard and a simple way to display it on your site. A backend that can add scores and fetch the top players would be necessary too. The programming language isn't a huge deal since web apps are pretty cross-platform nowadays.