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Summary

Implemented comprehensive Progressive Web App (PWA) functionality for the Commentable application, enabling installation on devices, offline support, and native app-like experience.

Features Implemented

  • ✅ Web app manifest with proper metadata and icons
  • ✅ Service worker with intelligent caching strategies
  • ✅ Install prompt component with user preference management
  • ✅ Offline support with graceful degradation
  • ✅ Update detection and management
  • ✅ App icons for all platforms (72px to 512px)
  • ✅ Icon generation script for easy customization
  • ✅ Comprehensive PWA documentation

Technical Details

Caching Strategy

  • Cache-first: Static assets (JS, CSS, images)
  • Network-first: Navigation requests with offline fallback
  • Network-only: API calls with error handling

Components Created

  • PWAManager.svelte: Service worker registration and lifecycle management
  • PWAInstallPrompt.svelte: Smart install prompt with dismissal persistence
  • service-worker.ts: Comprehensive service worker with caching logic

Files Changed

  • Manifest: static/manifest.json - App metadata and configuration
  • Icons: Generated 11 icon sizes from SVG source
  • Service Worker: src/service-worker.ts - Offline functionality
  • App Shell: Updated app.html with PWA meta tags
  • Layout: Integrated PWA components into root layout
  • Config: Updated SvelteKit config for PWA support
  • Docs: Added comprehensive PWA documentation

Browser Support

  • ✅ Chrome/Edge (Desktop & Mobile)
  • ✅ Safari (iOS 16.4+, macOS)
  • ✅ Firefox (Limited PWA features)
  • ✅ Samsung Internet

Testing

Tested on:

  • Chrome Desktop (macOS)
  • Chrome Mobile (Android simulation)
  • Development mode (service worker disabled)
  • Production build (full PWA functionality)

Test Plan

  • Install app on desktop (Chrome/Edge)
  • Install app on mobile (Chrome/Safari)
  • Test offline functionality
  • Verify update notifications work
  • Check install prompt appears and dismisses correctly
  • Validate manifest in DevTools
  • Test service worker caching
  • Verify production build works correctly

Documentation

  • Created docs/PWA.md with complete implementation guide
  • Updated main README to highlight PWA features
  • Updated docs index with PWA documentation link
  • Added usage instructions for icon generation

Future Enhancements

Placeholders ready for:

  • Push notifications
  • Background sync
  • Share target API
  • Advanced caching strategies

Notes

  • Service worker only registers in production to avoid conflicts with Vite HMR
  • Icons can be regenerated with npm run generate:icons
  • All commits follow conventional commits format
  • Comprehensive error handling for offline scenarios

Reviewers

Please review:

  • PWA implementation and architecture
  • Service worker caching strategies
  • Component design and user experience
  • Documentation completeness

Created a comprehensive web app manifest with:
- App metadata (name, description, theme colors)
- Icon configurations for all required sizes (72-512px)
- App shortcuts for quick access to key features
- Proper display and orientation settings

Generated PWA icons from SVG source:
- Multiple sizes for different devices and contexts
- Apple touch icon for iOS devices
- Favicons for browser tabs
- Created icon generation script using sharp library
Implemented comprehensive service worker with:
- Cache-first strategy for static assets
- Network-first strategy for navigation requests
- Automatic cache management and cleanup
- Offline fallback for API requests
- Background sync support (placeholder for future)
- Push notification handlers (placeholder for future)

Features:
- Versioned caching to ensure updates work properly
- Smart caching that skips API and cross-origin requests
- Graceful offline error handling
- Automatic service worker updates
Created PWAInstallPrompt component:
- Smart install prompt that respects user preferences
- Dismissal persistence (does not re-prompt for 30 days)
- Detects if app is already installed
- Shows after 5 second delay for better UX
- Responsive design with animated slide-up effect

Created PWAManager component:
- Automatic service worker registration
- Update detection and notification
- Periodic update checks (hourly)
- User-friendly update prompts
- Integrated with toast notifications

Both components provide a seamless PWA experience with minimal user friction.
Updated app.html with PWA meta tags:
- Viewport configuration with viewport-fit for notched displays
- Theme color for browser chrome customization
- Apple-specific meta tags for iOS PWA support
- Mobile web app capability declarations
- Manifest and icon link tags

Integrated PWAManager into root layout:
- Added PWAManager component to handle service worker lifecycle
- Provides global install prompt and update notifications
- Works seamlessly with existing toast and cookie consent components
Updated SvelteKit configuration:
- Disabled automatic service worker registration
- Manual registration provides better control over PWA lifecycle

Updated package.json:
- Added sharp dependency for icon generation
- Added generate:icons npm script for easy icon regeneration

The icon generation script allows developers to regenerate all PWA icons
from the source SVG file with a single command.
Moved service worker from static folder to src directory:
- Created src/service-worker.ts with proper TypeScript types
- Uses SvelteKit service worker API (build, files, version)
- Properly typed with ServiceWorkerGlobalScope

Updated PWAManager to register service worker as module:
- Added type: module to registration options
- Added comments explaining dev vs production behavior

Updated SvelteKit config:
- Added files filter to exclude .DS_Store files
- Service worker now properly built by SvelteKit

This fixes the module import error that occurred when the service
worker was in the static folder.
Service worker conflicts with Vite HMR in development mode causing
module fetch errors. Updated PWAManager to only register service worker
in production builds.

Development mode now works without service worker interference while
production builds have full PWA functionality.
Created detailed PWA documentation covering:
- Feature overview and implementation details
- File structure and technical architecture
- Usage instructions and icon generation
- Testing guidelines for all PWA features
- Browser support matrix
- Caching strategies
- Best practices and troubleshooting
- Future enhancement roadmap

Updated main README and docs index to reference PWA documentation
and highlight PWA as a core feature of the application.
Removed static/service-worker.js as service worker is now properly
implemented in src/service-worker.ts and built by SvelteKit.
@iamgerwin iamgerwin self-assigned this Nov 14, 2025
Created comprehensive PR.md file with complete summary:
- Feature implementation details
- Technical architecture
- Files changed and commit history
- Testing checklist
- Documentation references
- Reviewer information

This document serves as a reference for the PWA implementation PR.
Created ReactionsController to handle reaction operations:
- POST /api/v1/reactions/upsert - Create, update, or toggle reactions
- GET /api/v1/reactions - Get reactions with optional filtering
- DELETE /api/v1/reactions/{id} - Delete a specific reaction

Features:
- Upsert logic: toggle same reaction, update to different type
- Reaction management for comments
- Clean separation of concerns

Fixes 404 error on /api/v1/reactions/upsert endpoint.
Add validation to check if comment exists before creating/updating reactions to prevent foreign key constraint errors.

Returns 404 with descriptive message if comment is not found.
…le types

- Add Comment value to CommentableType enum to align with frontend
- Update UpsertReactionRequest to use commentableId and commentableType instead of commentId
- Add validation to ensure reactions are only added to comments (not videos/posts directly)
- Return descriptive error messages for invalid commentable types

This aligns the API with the frontend's polymorphic design while maintaining the constraint that reactions can only be added to comments.
- Remove Reactions component from video detail, video list, post detail, and post list pages
- Reactions now only appear on individual comments as intended
- Remove unused Reactions imports and CommentableType imports
- Aligns frontend with API constraint that reactions can only be added to comments
- Remove max-width constraint to allow full-width navigation
- Reduce spacing between nav items from space-x-4 to space-x-2
- Reduce horizontal padding on nav links from px-3 to px-2
- Add whitespace-nowrap to prevent text wrapping in nav items
- Add flex-shrink-0 to user menu to prevent logout button from being cut off
- Add items-center to main flex container for better vertical alignment

Fixes cramped navigation and ensures logout button remains visible.
… hardcoded value

- Add System.Security.Claims using statement
- Get user ID from JWT claims using ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier
- Return Unauthorized if user is not authenticated
- Fixes foreign key constraint error caused by non-existent hardcoded user ID

Reactions now work correctly for all authenticated users (user, admin, moderator roles).
…ling

- Add 2-second delay before hiding the reactions picker popup
- Cancel hide timeout when mouse enters button or popup
- Keep popup open while cursor hovers over it
- Prevents popup from disappearing too quickly while user is selecting a reaction

Improves user experience by giving users enough time to click reactions without the popup closing prematurely.
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