portfolio/.ralph/review.md

Sidebar-First Navigation Refactor Review

Outcome

Approved.

Success Criteria Validation

• No top navbar/subnav is rendered in the final dashboard layout.
  • Verified DashboardLayout no longer imports/renders TopBar or SubNav (src/components/DashboardLayout.tsx).
• Sidebar contains the five required recruiter-facing nav labels under a Navigation subheader.
  • Verified labels: Overview, Projects, Experience, Education, Skills under SectionTitle = Navigation (src/components/Sidebar.tsx).
• Expanded sidebar includes a distinct My Data area above Navigation.
  • Verified My Data section is rendered before Navigation in expanded mode (src/components/Sidebar.tsx).
• Sidebar scrolling no longer exposes hidden top spacing/artifacts when scrolling upward.
  • Verified old top/subnav offset coupling removed from layout flow; main content is now a full-height flex region with sidebar-driven structure (src/components/DashboardLayout.tsx, src/index.css).
• Desktop navigation from sidebar correctly jumps/scrolls to each section.
  • Verified onNavigate targets data-tile-id anchors and uses smooth scrollIntoView (src/components/DashboardLayout.tsx, src/components/Sidebar.tsx).
• On mobile, sidebar is collapsed by default with hamburger at top and five icon shortcuts visible.
  • Verified mobile defaults to collapsed (isMobileExpanded=false) and renders hamburger + icon-only nav rail (src/components/Sidebar.tsx).
• On mobile expand, sidebar shows My Data, full navigation links (icon + text), and tags/alerts/highlights.
  • Verified expanded mode conditionally renders all required blocks (src/components/Sidebar.tsx).
• Navigation controls are keyboard accessible with appropriate ARIA semantics.
  • Verified interactive controls are native buttons, include aria-expanded, aria-controls, aria-label, and aria-current, plus focus-visible styling (src/components/Sidebar.tsx, src/index.css).
• npm run lint passes.
  • Passes with 2 pre-existing warnings only (react-refresh/only-export-components in context files).
• npm run typecheck passes.
• npm run build passes.

Validation Commands

• npm run lint
• npm run typecheck
• npm run build

Notes

• Build emits existing non-blocking warnings for large chunks and onnxruntime-web eval usage; no blocking errors.