feat: add Slack icon to community buttons for improved brand recognition

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Issue Reference

Fix #60

What Was Changed

Component Updates (3 files)

1. components/HeroSection.tsx

   • Added Slack icon import from lucide-react
   • Integrated 20px Slack icon to "Join Slack Community" button
   • Added aria-label="Join our Slack community" for screen reader support
   • Icon positioned left of text with 8px gap

2. components/CTASection.tsx

   • Added Slack icon import from lucide-react
   • Integrated 20px Slack icon to "Join Community" button
   • Added accessibility attributes matching HeroSection pattern
   • Maintains consistent visual hierarchy with existing GitHub button

3. components/Navbar.tsx

   • Added Slack icon import from lucide-react
   • Integrated 18px Slack icon to navigation "Slack" link (smaller for nav context)
   • Enhanced link with inline-flex items-center gap-2 for proper alignment
   • Added aria-label for accessibility consistency

Why Was It Changed

User Experience Improvements

• Brand Recognition: The official Slack icon is universally recognized, reducing cognitive load for users looking to join the community
• Visual Hierarchy: Icons draw attention to CTAs and improve scannability, increasing click-through rates
• Professional Polish: Matches industry standards where social/community links include brand icons
• Consistency: Aligns with existing icon usage (ArrowRight on GitHub buttons, Menu/X icons in navbar)

Technical Benefits

• Accessibility: Proper ARIA attributes ensure screen readers announce "Join our Slack community" while hiding decorative icons
• Theme Support: lucide-react icons use currentColor, automatically adapting to light/dark modes without additional CSS
• Performance: Inline SVG icons (not external fonts) are tree-shakable and don't require additional HTTP requests
• Scalability: Vector graphics ensure crisp rendering on all screen densities (1x, 2x, 3x Retina displays)

Developer Experience

• Maintainability: Uses existing lucide-react dependency (no new packages)
• Pattern Established: Clear guidelines for adding icons to other links (Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)

Screenshots

Hero Section-Dark Mode

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Hero Section-Light Mode

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CTA Section

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Mobile-View

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Additional Context (Optional)

Technical Implementation:

• Uses lucide-react library (already in dependencies) for consistent icon rendering
• Icon sizes: h-5 w-5 (20px) for buttons, size={18} for nav links
• Spacing: gap-2 (8px) between icon and text
• SVG icons ensure crisp rendering at all screen densities

Testing:

• Build completed successfully (npm run build)
• TypeScript compilation passed with no errors
• No layout regressions or CLS issues
• All existing functionality preserved

Accessibility:

• Icons marked as decorative with aria-hidden="true"
• Parent elements include descriptive aria-label="Join our Slack community"
• Color contrast maintained in both light and dark themes

Future Considerations:

• Icon usage pattern documented in copilot instructions for consistency
• Can be extended to other social/community links if needed

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added Slack icons to community call-to-action buttons and navigation links across the application.

• Accessibility

  • Implemented ARIA labels on Slack community links to improve screen reader support and accessibility.

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Walkthrough

Three components (CTASection, HeroSection, and Navbar) have been updated to display Slack icons alongside "Join Slack" button text. The Slack icon is imported from lucide-react and rendered with aria-labels for accessibility. Navbar also includes styling adjustments for horizontal alignment and spacing.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Slack icon additions to CTA components components/CTASection.tsx, components/HeroSection.tsx, components/Navbar.tsx	Added Slack icon import from lucide-react. Rendered Slack icon element (18px size in Navbar) positioned left of "Join" text with aria-label attributes for accessibility. Navbar className extended with inline-flex and gap-2 for horizontal alignment and spacing.

Assessment against linked issues

Objective	Addressed	Explanation
Add Slack icon to button positioned left of label [#60]	✅
Use SVG asset from icon library for crisp rendering [#60]	✅
Icon size ~16–20px with ~8px gap from text [#60]	✅
Theme adaptation (light/dark themes) [#60]	✅
Maintain accessible name with aria-label [#60]	✅
Icon decorative with aria-hidden="true" [#60]	❓	Summary does not confirm aria-hidden attribute implementation on icon elements.
Consistent with existing button hover/active/disabled states [#60]	❓	No changes to button state styling mentioned in summary; unclear if existing states remain intact.

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🔇 Additional comments (6)

components/CTASection.tsx (2)

2-2: LGTM: Slack icon import added correctly.

The import follows the existing pattern and includes only the necessary icon.

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52-55: LGTM: Icon implementation follows accessibility best practices.

The implementation correctly:

• Places the aria-label on the interactive element (anchor)
• Marks the icon as decorative with aria-hidden="true"
• Uses a 20px icon with 8px gap (via gap-2 in parent className)
• Maintains visual consistency with the GitHub button above

components/Navbar.tsx (2)

3-3: LGTM: Slack icon import added correctly.

The import is consistent with existing icon imports and follows the established pattern.

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68-79: LGTM: Desktop Slack link implementation is accessible and well-structured.

The implementation correctly:

• Uses inline-flex with items-center and gap-2 for proper alignment
• Includes an appropriate aria-label for screen readers
• Marks the icon as decorative with aria-hidden="true"
• Uses an 18px icon size, appropriate for navbar scale

components/HeroSection.tsx (2)

2-2: LGTM: Slack icon import added correctly.

The import follows the existing pattern for lucide-react icons.

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41-45: LGTM: Icon implementation is accessible and consistent.

The implementation correctly:

• Adds an aria-label to the interactive anchor element
• Marks the icon as decorative with aria-hidden="true"
• Uses a 20px icon size with 8px spacing (via gap-2)
• Maintains visual parity with the primary "Get Started" button

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