Four weeks, countless how-to videos, and 11,000+ lines of code in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript… this is what it took to fully redesign The Talon. I took an interest in Computer Science during the pandemic when I had a lot of time on my hands; during that time, I simply wanted to know how programming and software worked. The culmination of that interest finally blossomed with the creation of this website. While the old software the school district uses to create their online content is functional, there were a couple of problems with it overall.

The first issue with the old Talon, in my opinion, was that it took 4–5 steps to create a single article, let alone the entire newspaper. Between those steps, slow loading times, constant edits, and clunky mechanics bogged down any sense of efficiency. The Talon is now designed to be almost automatic with font selection, font size, paragraph indentation, picture implementation, and more. It used to take me ten minutes to upload a completed article in the old system; now, it takes about 2–3 minutes. When there are 10–12 articles in any given publication, that time really adds up.