Refactoring Meteorology's Online Weather Center Software Suite Chris Zeniecki – Dusten Knull – Colin Braun – Professor Nick Rosasco (Advisor) Languages Abstract The Valparaiso University Meteorology Department uses a website to present radar and satellite image data as well as a variety of student collected meteorological data. While the existing system successfully provides the required functionality, the current solution is not easily extensible or maintainable. Additionally, the applications currently in production are very inconsistent with style of the adjoining Valparaiso institutional websites. After considering Rails and Spring Boot, as options, the team opted to utilize Django to refactor and restructure the site. This also allows easier integration with the complex institutional style and formatting requirements. The use of Python as the basis for Django also facilitated rapid development, as the team was already familiar with it, and was something that would enable the customer to assume long term maintenance responsibilities easily. Long term maintainability was also enhanced by the Django miniature applications architectural construction, and the built-in template generation engine. Python 3 (with Django framework) HTML 5 CSS 3 Javascript ES 6 (with JQuery) Use Case Diagram The First image was the legacy version of the online Weather Center homepage. The Second is the newly updated Javascript ending with the third image, the new view of the online Weather Center. Not Shown Features Future Work Implemented file submission using a Login API Django Framework usage to decrease file density throughout Weather data text file reading to update certain pages automatically More modular CSS to work on all machines, perhaps even mobile Greater maneuverability within the looped images (Zoom, more specific map data) More eye-catching and thematic images Editable announcements page for admin users Challenges Acknowledgements Software engineer schedule conflicts Learning curve for framework and programming languages Constant issues with CSS working in different setups Mr. David Goines, Staff Meteorologist Professor Nick Rosasco, DSc The Department of Computing and Information Sciences The Department of Meteorology