Infinite loading bug

[aangelopoulos]

[LVivona]

Analysis of Home Component and Refactoring Suggestions

Current Issues

1. State Overload: The component manages too many state variables (11 in total). This makes it difficult to track state changes and increases the likelihood of bugs.

2. Multiple Responsibilities: The component handles routing, authentication, game logic, and UI rendering. This violates the Single Responsibility Principle.

3. Complex useEffect Logic: There are multiple useEffect hooks with complex logic, making it hard to understand the component's lifecycle and side effects.

4. Prop Drilling: The component passes many props down to child components, which can become unwieldy as the application grows.

5. Mixing Concerns: Authentication logic is intertwined with game logic and UI rendering.

6. Hard-to-Test: The complexity of this component makes it difficult to unit test effectively.

Refactoring Suggestions

1. Implement Proper Routing: Use React Router to handle different pages/views instead of managing them with state.

2. Create Separate Page Components: Move each "page" (Rules, Login, Register, Countdown, Chat, Success, Failure) into its own component file.

3. Use Context API or State Management Library: Implement React Context or a state management library like Redux to manage global state (e.g., user authentication, game session).

4. Custom Hooks: Extract reusable logic into custom hooks. For example:

   • useAuth for authentication logic
   • useGameSession for managing game state
   • useTimer for countdown and time tracking

5. Service Layer: Move API calls and data fetching logic into a separate service layer.

6. Higher-Order Components or Render Props: Use these patterns for shared functionality like protected routes.

Proposed Structure

src/
├── pages/
│   ├── RulesPage.js
│   ├── LoginPage.js
│   ├── RegisterPage.js
│   ├── CountdownPage.js
│   ├── ChatPage.js
│   ├── SuccessPage.js
│   └── FailurePage.js
├── components/
│   ├── LoadingScreen.js
│   └── ... (other smaller components)
├── hooks/
│   ├── useAuth.js
│   ├── useGameSession.js
│   └── useTimer.js
├── services/
│   ├── api.js
│   └── auth.js
├── context/
│   ├── AuthContext.js
│   └── GameContext.js
└── App.js (main routing and context providers)

This structure separates concerns, improves maintainability, and makes the codebase more scalable and testable.

[aangelopoulos]

@LVivona is this solved?