feat: migrate to Alpine.js for declarative state management

Fix spinner overlay blocking status updates by introducing Alpine.js
for reactive state management. Replaces scattered vanilla JS with
declarative directives.

Problem Fixed:
- Spinner remained as full-screen overlay during status updates
- Status messages were rendered but hidden behind spinner
- Manual DOM manipulation scattered across multiple files

Solution:
- Alpine.js v3 added via CDN (15KB, zero build config)
- Centralized state: { analyzing, hasStatus, hasResults }
- Declarative visibility with x-show and x-transition
- HTMX integration via @htmx:after-request events

Changes:
- Scripts.jinja: Add Alpine.js CDN script
- home.html: Wrap analysis UI in x-data, add state directives
- app.js: Remove manual spinner visibility logic, keep UX features
- Spinner.jinja: Update to Alpine-compatible component

Benefits:
- Spinner hides automatically when status updates appear
- Smooth transitions between states
- Cleaner, more maintainable code (-36 lines)
- Better HTMX + Alpine.js integration pattern
- Maintains WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility

Technical Details:
- State flow: analyzing → hasStatus → hasResults
- Spinner: visible when analyzing && !hasResults
- Status: visible when analyzing && hasStatus && !hasResults
- Results: visible when hasResults

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-02-04 11:54:51 -05:00
parent f9762093f8
commit 700bb9565f
4 changed files with 116 additions and 98 deletions

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/**
* Pygentic AI - Frontend Application
* StrategIQ - Frontend Application
* Progressive loading and enhanced UX interactions
* State management powered by Alpine.js
*/
(function() {
@ -179,17 +180,12 @@
// Start loading messages when form is submitted
startLoadingMessages();
// Show spinner
const spinner = document.getElementById('spinner');
if (spinner) {
spinner.classList.remove('is-hidden');
}
});
}
/**
* Monitor for analysis completion
* Alpine.js handles visibility; we manage progressive UX features
*/
function monitorAnalysisCompletion() {
const resultBox = document.getElementById('result');
@ -202,12 +198,6 @@
// Analysis complete
stopLoadingMessages();
// Hide spinner
const spinner = document.getElementById('spinner');
if (spinner) {
spinner.classList.add('is-hidden');
}
// Initialize keyboard navigation for SWOT cards
initializeKeyboardNavigation();

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<Js url="{{ url_for('static', path="/js/htmx.js") }}">type="modules"</Js>
<Js url="{{ url_for('static', path="/js/bulma.js") }}"></Js>
<Js url="{{ url_for('static', path="/js/bulma-collapsible.min.js") }}"></Js>
<!-- Alpine.js v3 for declarative state management -->
<script defer
src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/alpinejs@3.x.x/dist/cdn.min.js">
</script>
<Js url="{{ url_for('static', path="/js/app.js") }}"></Js>

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<div class="spinner-wrapper is-overlay is-hidden"
{#
Alpine.js-compatible Spinner Component
Note: Requires parent element with x-data containing 'analyzing' and 'hasResults' state
Usage: <Spinner></Spinner> within an Alpine.js context
#}
<div x-show="analyzing && !hasResults"
x-transition
class="spinner-wrapper"
id="spinner"
role="dialog"
aria-modal="true"

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@ -20,91 +20,108 @@
</div>
</section>
<section class="section"
id="search">
<Spinner></Spinner>
<div class="search-container">
<h2 class="title is-3 has-text-centered mb-5">Get Started</h2>
<Form form_id="swotSearch"
action={{ url_for('analyze_url') }}
target="status"
method="post">
<div class="search-input-group"
role="search">
<span class="search-icon"
aria-hidden="true">
<i class="fas fa-search"></i>
</span>
<input type="text"
class="search-input"
id="primary_entity"
name="primary_entity"
placeholder="Primary entity (e.g., Google or https://google.com)"
aria-label="Enter primary entity — a company name or URL"
aria-describedby="search-help"
required
autocomplete="off" />
<button type="submit"
class="search-button"
aria-label="Run SWOT analysis"
hx-indicator='#spinner'
hx-on:click="
const [status, result, spinner] = ['#status', '#result', '#spinner'].map(id => document.querySelector(id));
spinner.classList.remove('is-hidden');
status.style.display = 'block';
result.style.display = 'none';
">
<span class="button-text">Analyze</span>
<span class="button-icon"
aria-hidden="true">
<i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i>
</span>
</button>
<div x-data="{ analyzing: false, hasStatus: false, hasResults: false }">
<section class="section"
id="search">
<!-- Alpine-controlled Spinner -->
<div x-show="analyzing && !hasResults"
x-transition
class="spinner-wrapper"
id="spinner"
role="dialog"
aria-modal="true"
aria-labelledby="spinner-title"
aria-describedby="loading-status">
<div class="loading-content">
<div class="loader"
role="progressbar"
aria-label="Loading in progress"
aria-busy="true"></div>
<div class="loading-text">
<h3 id="spinner-title">Analyzing...</h3>
<p id="loading-status"
aria-live="polite"
aria-atomic="true">Fetching URL content</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="comparison-input-group">
<span class="comparison-icon"
aria-hidden="true">
<i class="fas fa-code-compare"></i>
</span>
<input type="text"
class="comparison-input"
id="comparison_entities"
name="comparison_entities"
placeholder="Compare with (optional) — e.g., Yahoo, Bing"
aria-label="Entities to compare against, comma-separated (optional)"
autocomplete="off" />
</div>
</Form>
<div class="search-help">
<i class="fas fa-info-circle"></i>
Enter a company name or URL. Add competitors for a comparative SWOT.
</div>
</div>
</section>
<div class="search-container">
<h2 class="title is-3 has-text-centered mb-5">Get Started</h2>
<Form form_id="swotSearch"
action={{ url_for('analyze_url') }}
target="status"
method="post">
<div class="search-input-group"
role="search">
<span class="search-icon"
aria-hidden="true">
<i class="fas fa-search"></i>
</span>
<input type="text"
class="search-input"
id="primary_entity"
name="primary_entity"
placeholder="Primary entity (e.g., Google or https://google.com)"
aria-label="Enter primary entity — a company name or URL"
aria-describedby="search-help"
required
autocomplete="off" />
<button type="submit"
class="search-button"
aria-label="Run SWOT analysis"
@click="analyzing = true; hasStatus = false; hasResults = false">
<span class="button-text">Analyze</span>
<span class="button-icon"
aria-hidden="true">
<i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i>
</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="comparison-input-group">
<span class="comparison-icon"
aria-hidden="true">
<i class="fas fa-code-compare"></i>
</span>
<input type="text"
class="comparison-input"
id="comparison_entities"
name="comparison_entities"
placeholder="Compare with (optional) — e.g., Yahoo, Bing"
aria-label="Entities to compare against, comma-separated (optional)"
autocomplete="off" />
</div>
</Form>
<div class="search-help">
<i class="fas fa-info-circle"></i>
Enter a company name or URL. Add competitors for a comparative
SWOT.
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section class="section"
id="analysis-content">
<div class="box"
id="status"
hx-get={{ url_for('get_status') }}
hx-trigger="load, every 1s"
hx-swap="innerHTML"
style="display: none">
</div>
<div class="box"
id="result"
hx-get={{ url_for('get_result') }}
hx-trigger="load, every 1s[!this.querySelector('#result-container') || this.style.display === 'none']"
hx-swap="innerHTML"
hx-on:after-request="
if(this.innerHTML.trim().length > 0) {
console.log('Going to turn off the status element and load the result element.')
const [statusDiv, spinner] = ['#status', '#spinner'].map(id => document.querySelector(id));
if (statusDiv) statusDiv.style.display = 'none';
if (spinner) spinner.classList.add('is-hidden');
this.style.display = 'block'
}
">
</div>
</section>
<section class="section"
id="analysis-content">
<!-- Status Updates -->
<div x-show="analyzing && hasStatus && !hasResults"
x-transition
class="box"
id="status"
hx-get={{ url_for('get_status') }}
hx-trigger="load, every 1s[analyzing]"
hx-swap="innerHTML"
@htmx:after-request="if($event.detail.xhr.response.trim()) hasStatus = true">
</div>
<!-- Results -->
<div x-show="hasResults"
x-transition
class="box"
id="result"
hx-get={{ url_for('get_result') }}
hx-trigger="load, every 1s[analyzing && !hasResults]"
hx-swap="innerHTML"
@htmx:after-request="if($event.detail.xhr.response.trim() && $event.detail.xhr.response.includes('result-container')) { hasResults = true; analyzing = false; }">
</div>
</section>
</div>
{% endblock content %}