Task 3.5: Handle Edge Cases in Expanded View

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Task 3.5: Handle Edge Cases in Expanded View

Epic: #10 (Epic 3: Article Expansion & Sentiment Analysis)
Priority: P2
Estimated Effort: 1 hour

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Acceptance Criteria

• Articles with no positiveWords/negativeWords show "No specific words identified"
• Neutral articles (score ~0) display appropriately (gray indicator)
• Long excerpts truncated with "Read full article at source" link
• Missing pubDate handled gracefully in expanded view
• Works correctly even when some data fields are null/undefined

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Technical Notes

• Add null checks and fallback values
• Test with synthetic edge case data
• Ensure UI doesn't break with missing fields
• Provide helpful messages for missing data

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Related Requirements

• FR-008: Expand individual articles
• FR-009: Handle edge cases
• Edge Cases: neutral sentiment, long content, missing data

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Testing

• TC-4.6: Neutral sentiment handling
• TC-4.2: Long article excerpt truncation
• Test with specs/tests/test-data.json edge cases

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Documentation

• Development Plan - Task 3.5