Remove footer from learning ux. Fix sidebar.

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Description

A more focused learner experience

Developer checklist

• Front-end code follows the BEM class name convention
• Considered adding tests
• Considered adding Storybook stories

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • The footer is now hidden on individual course unit pages for a cleaner viewing experience.
• Style
  • Improved the layout and sidebar behavior in course units, making the sidebar fixed and scrollable on desktop for easier navigation. The main content area is now properly offset to accommodate the sidebar.

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Walkthrough

The changes update the layout and styling of the unit page, making the sidebar fixed and scrollable on desktop, and adjusting the main content margin accordingly. Additionally, the global app logic now conditionally hides the footer if a page component sets a hideFooter property, which is applied to the course unit page.

Changes

File(s)	Change Summary
apps/website/src/components/courses/UnitLayout.tsx	Updated layout: sidebar is fixed and scrollable on desktop, main content margin adjusted, border removed from main section.
apps/website/src/pages/_app.tsx	Added logic to conditionally hide the footer based on a hideFooter property on the rendered component.
apps/website/src/pages/courses/[courseSlug]/[unitId].tsx	Added static property hideFooter = true to the page component to suppress the footer on this page.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
    participant User
    participant NextApp
    participant PageComponent
    participant Footer

    User->>NextApp: Navigates to a page
    NextApp->>PageComponent: Render page
    PageComponent-->>NextApp: Returns component (may have hideFooter)
    alt PageComponent.hideFooter is true
        NextApp--x Footer: Do not render Footer
    else
        NextApp->>Footer: Render Footer
    end

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A sidebar now fixed, content slides right,
The footer may vanish—oh, what a sight!
With scrollable menus and margins anew,
The unit page shines with a sleeker view.
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• apps/website/src/components/courses/__snapshots__/UnitLayout.test.tsx.snap is excluded by !**/*.snap

📒 Files selected for processing (3)

• apps/website/src/components/courses/UnitLayout.tsx (1 hunks)
• apps/website/src/pages/_app.tsx (2 hunks)
• apps/website/src/pages/courses/[courseSlug]/[unitId].tsx (1 hunks)

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🔇 Additional comments (6)

apps/website/src/pages/courses/[courseSlug]/[unitId].tsx (1)

54-55: Looks good! This correctly hides the footer on course unit pages.

This addition of the static property hideFooter = true to the CourseUnitPage component is a clean approach to control footer visibility without modifying the component's internal logic.

apps/website/src/pages/_app.tsx (2)

15-15: Good implementation of the footer visibility mechanism.

Using 'hideFooter' in Component is an elegant way to check for the static property's existence.

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53-53: Effective conditional rendering of the footer.

This change properly implements the selective footer hiding based on the component's static property.

apps/website/src/components/courses/UnitLayout.tsx (3)

180-180: Good removal of border for cleaner UI.

Removing the border from the main unit section creates a more streamlined appearance.

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184-184: Excellent sidebar improvements for desktop view.

The fixed, scrollable sidebar with a calculated maximum height improves usability on desktop while ensuring it fits properly within the viewport.

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191-191: Good adjustment of content margin to accommodate fixed sidebar.

The margin-left of [320px] properly offsets the main content to prevent overlap with the fixed sidebar.

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PR Summary

This PR enhances the learning experience by streamlining the UI, removing distractions, and improving navigation in course units.

• Added hideFooter property in apps/website/src/pages/courses/[courseSlug]/[unitId].tsx to conditionally hide footer on course pages
• Modified sidebar in apps/website/src/components/courses/UnitLayout.tsx to be fixed position with calculated max height for better scrolling
• Removed border from main section and adjusted content area margins in apps/website/src/components/courses/UnitLayout.tsx for cleaner layout

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