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Tudor d5b93a2896 feat(brand): use the supplied logo artwork instead of a reconstruction
The mark shipped so far was my SVG approximation, and it was wrong: the real
mark is a teardrop pin with a white window and a path flowing out of its base,
carrying three leaves — not a circle with a separate tail.

Both colourways are extracted from the supplied sheet, which has a genuinely
transparent background, so these are the artwork rather than a trace:

  public/brand/mark.png          teal pin, white window and path, green leaves
  public/brand/mark-on-dark.png  white pin with the counter knocked through

Two colourways are needed, not one. Rendered against every real ground, the
teal pin holds up on Warm White, white cards, Sand and both dark-theme grounds
— but it vanishes on the teal footer band, where only the white window
survives. The header therefore serves the teal artwork and swaps to the
on-dark artwork for dark-theme viewers through a <picture> source, needing no
JavaScript; the footer forces on-dark, because its band is teal in both
themes.

Everything downstream now derives from those two files: the favicon
(app/icon.png, replacing icon.svg), the touch icon (app/apple-icon.png,
replacing the generated apple-icon.tsx), the three PWA rasters, and the share
card, which reads public/brand/mark.png off disk so it can never drift from
the header. The logo sizing CSS keyed off a square box, which would have
squashed a 153:189 artwork — height now drives and width follows.

The wordmark stays live text in Manrope. The sheet's wordmark is a raster with
visible edge fringing, and the written style guide specifies Manrope; live
text also stays selectable, scales cleanly and recolours with the theme.

KNOWN LIMITATION: the largest instance on the sheet is 153×189. That is ample
for the header at 38px, the favicon and the share card, but short of the 512px
PWA icon, which is upscaled and slightly soft. A vector would fix it and is a
single swap — every consumer goes through components/Logo.tsx or public/brand.

Verified: tsc clean, 159/159 tests, build green, /icon.png and /apple-icon.png
emit as static routes, and the header, footer, share card and all five icons
were rendered and inspected in both themes.
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SchoolCompare Next.js Application

Modern Next.js application for comparing primary school KS2 performance across England.

Features

  • Server-Side Rendering (SSR): Fast initial page loads with pre-rendered content
  • Individual School Pages: Dedicated pages for each school with full SEO optimization
  • Side-by-Side Comparison: Compare up to 5 schools simultaneously
  • School Rankings: Top-performing schools by various metrics
  • Interactive Maps: Leaflet integration for geographic visualization
  • Performance Charts: Chart.js visualizations for historical data
  • Responsive Design: Mobile-first approach with full responsive support
  • SEO Optimized: Dynamic sitemaps, meta tags, and structured data

Tech Stack

  • Framework: Next.js 16 (App Router)
  • Language: TypeScript 5
  • Styling: CSS Modules + CSS Variables
  • State Management: React Context API + URL state
  • Data Fetching: SWR (client-side) + Next.js fetch (server-side)
  • Charts: Chart.js + react-chartjs-2
  • Maps: Leaflet + react-leaflet
  • Testing: Jest + React Testing Library
  • Validation: Zod

Getting Started

Prerequisites

  • Node.js 24+ (using nvm recommended)
  • FastAPI backend running on port 8000

Installation

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Copy environment variables
cp .env.example .env.local

# Update .env.local with your configuration

Development

# Start development server
npm run dev

# Open http://localhost:3000

Building

# Build for production
npm run build

# Start production server
npm start

Testing

# Run tests
npm test

# Run tests in watch mode
npm run test:watch

# Run tests with coverage
npm run test:coverage

Linting

# Run ESLint
npm run lint

Project Structure

nextjs-app/
├── app/                      # App Router pages
│   ├── layout.tsx           # Root layout
│   ├── page.tsx             # Home page
│   ├── compare/             # Compare page
│   ├── rankings/            # Rankings page
│   ├── school/[urn]/        # Individual school pages
│   ├── sitemap.ts           # Dynamic sitemap
│   └── robots.ts            # Robots.txt
├── components/              # React components
│   ├── SchoolCard.tsx       # School card component
│   ├── FilterBar.tsx        # Search/filter controls
│   ├── ComparisonView.tsx   # Comparison interface
│   ├── RankingsView.tsx     # Rankings table
│   └── ...
├── lib/                     # Utility libraries
│   ├── api.ts              # API client
│   ├── types.ts            # TypeScript types
│   └── utils.ts            # Helper functions
├── hooks/                   # Custom React hooks
├── context/                 # React Context providers
├── styles/                  # Global styles
├── public/                  # Static assets
└── __tests__/              # Test files

Environment Variables

Variable Description Default
NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL Public API endpoint (client-side) http://localhost:8000/api
FASTAPI_URL Server-side API endpoint http://localhost:8000/api
NODE_ENV Environment mode development

Performance Optimizations

  • Server-Side Rendering: Initial HTML rendered on server
  • Static Generation: Where possible, pages are pre-generated
  • Image Optimization: Next.js Image component with AVIF/WebP support
  • Code Splitting: Automatic route-based code splitting
  • Dynamic Imports: Heavy components loaded on demand
  • API Caching: Configurable revalidation for data fetching
  • Bundle Optimization: Tree shaking and minification
  • Compression: Gzip compression enabled

SEO Features

  • Dynamic Meta Tags: Generated per page with Next.js Metadata API
  • Open Graph: Social media optimization
  • JSON-LD: Structured data for search engines
  • Sitemap: Auto-generated from database
  • Robots.txt: Search engine crawling rules
  • Canonical URLs: Duplicate content prevention

Browser Support

  • Chrome (latest)
  • Firefox (latest)
  • Safari (latest)
  • Edge (latest)

License

Proprietary - SchoolCompare

Support

For issues and questions, please contact the development team.