feat: Migrate Angular to React (Vite + TypeScript)

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Summary

Complete rewrite of the RealWorld "Conduit" app from Angular 21 to React 18 + Vite + TypeScript. All Angular source code, configuration (angular.json, tsconfig.app.json, tsconfig.spec.json, vitest.config.ts, .browserslistrc), and unit tests are removed and replaced with a React equivalent.

Stack: Vite 5, React 18, React Router v6, Axios, TypeScript, marked + DOMPurify

Architecture mapping:

Angular	React
HttpInterceptorFn (3 interceptors)	Axios request/response interceptors (src/services/api.ts)
UserService + RxJS observables	AuthContext + React Context (src/context/AuthContext.tsx)
JwtService (injectable)	Plain functions (src/services/jwt.service.ts)
Angular Router + requireAuth guard	React Router + ProtectedRoute / GuestRoute wrappers (src/App.tsx)
Angular Reactive Forms	Controlled inputs with useState
MarkdownPipe	marked.parse() + DOMPurify sanitization
window.__conduit_debug__	Preserved identically for E2E compatibility

The dev server runs on port 4200 (same as Angular) so the existing Playwright config continues to work without changes.

Updates since last revision

E2E test results: 137/138 passing (99.3%)

Fixes applied across multiple review rounds:

• XSS sanitization: Added DOMPurify (^3.x) to sanitize marked output
• 401 auth purge: Error interceptor dispatches auth:purge event on 401; AuthContext listens to clear both token and user state
• Retry timeout cancellation: setAuth, purgeAuth, and handleAuthPurge now cancel pending retry timeouts via cancelRetry(), matching the Angular version's cancelRetry() + retryAttempt = 0 pattern. Added two-layer token existence checks before scheduling and executing retries.
• Profile strict mode: Removed nested .user-info div from error states — Playwright's .profile-page, .user-info selector was matching 2 elements
• Profile state reset on navigation: loadError and profile state are now reset when username param changes, preventing stale error/data when navigating between profiles
• Editor author check: Verifies currentUser.username === article.author.username before populating the edit form; redirects non-authors to /, matching Angular's EditorComponent.ngOnInit guard
• Settings server username: updateUser now returns the server-returned User object; Settings navigates using updatedUser.username instead of local form state
• ArticleList defensive coding: Added type checks for malformed JSON / empty responses to prevent crashes
• Form name attributes: All form inputs include name attributes for E2E selector compatibility
• Debug interface: window.__conduit_debug__ exposes getToken(), getAuthState(), getCurrentUser()
• CLAUDE.md updated: Reflects React + npm stack (was Angular + bun); removed stale bun run test command

1 remaining failure — should show error message on create article form when network fails (e2e/error-handling.spec.ts:617). Root cause: the test intercepts ${API_BASE}/articles/ (trailing slash) but the app POSTs to ${API_BASE}/articles (no trailing slash). Playwright string route matching is exact, so the mock never fires. The contradictory test at line 63 (mockApiError(page, '/articles', ...)) passes because it uses the no-slash pattern.

Review & Testing Checklist for Human

• Auth retry lifecycle: AuthContext.tsx reimplements exponential backoff (2s → 4s → 8s → 16s cap) using setTimeout recursion instead of RxJS timer/switchMap. The cancelRetry() helper is called on login, logout, and 401 purge — but verify the useCallback dependency arrays are correct and that no stale closures exist. The handleAuthPurge listener has [] deps but references cancelRetry (stable ref, so this is fine — but worth confirming).
• Editor author check race condition: The editor checks currentUser.username !== article.author.username after the article loads, but currentUser may be null if auth is still in the "loading" state. The check if (currentUser && ...) guards against this, but if the user navigates to /editor/:slug with a valid token while auth is still loading, the form will populate without the ownership check until currentUser resolves. Verify this is acceptable behavior.
• Missing SPA redirect: The src/_redirects file (used by Netlify/Cloudflare for SPA routing) was deleted and not replaced. If deployed to a static host, deep-link navigation will 404.
• Trailing-slash test failure: Confirm whether the 1 failing E2E test (error-handling.spec.ts:617) is a test bug or an app bug.
• DOMPurify XSS sanitization: ArticlePage.tsx pipes marked.parse() through DOMPurify.sanitize() before dangerouslySetInnerHTML. Confirm XSS security spec (26 tests) covers attack vectors you care about.

Recommended test plan: Start the dev server (npm start), then manually exercise these flows:

1. Browse global feed, click tags, paginate
2. Register a new user, then log out and log in
3. Create, edit, and delete an article (with markdown + tags)
4. Navigate from a nonexistent profile to a valid profile — verify the error clears
5. Try editing another user's article via /editor/<slug> — verify redirect to /
6. Update profile settings and verify the redirect uses the correct username
7. Follow/unfollow a user, favorite/unfavorite an article
8. Paste a <script>alert(1)</script> payload into an article body — verify it does not execute
9. Kill the API server and verify "Connecting" / exponential backoff behavior

Notes

• Angular unit tests (.spec.ts files) were removed with the Angular code and no React unit tests were added.
• The realworld/ git submodule (CSS theme + SVG assets) is still required — the index.html loads styles from /realworld/assets/theme/styles.css.
• package.json switched from Bun to npm as the package manager.
• CLAUDE.md updated to document the new React + npm commands.

Link to Devin session: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/b8e83aefb43849ccb24bbf0d906406ba
Requested by: @shayanshafii

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