fix: todos example crashes on startup due to stale DB schema

[adnaan]

Summary

• Fix startup crash (no such column: user_id) when an old todos.db exists — adds schema migration via PRAGMA table_info
• Replace custom JS search clear button with native input[type=search] (framework handles search event natively)
• Replace all inline style attributes with Pico CSS semantic elements (<s>, <nav>, hidden, <del>)
• Wrap pagination/clearCompleted buttons in forms for reliable action routing
• Rewrite outdated README to document actual controller-based API
• Add framework documentation pointers and strengthen CSS rules in CLAUDE.md

Test plan

• go run . starts successfully with stale DB (migration detects and recreates)
• go run . starts successfully with fresh DB
• TestWebSocketBasic passes
• TestTodosE2E passes (all 12 subtests including search, sort, pagination)

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[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Fixes the todos/ example’s startup crash when an older todos.db schema exists, and updates the example UI/docs to better align with the current controller-based + Pico CSS conventions.

Changes:

• Add schema detection/migration logic on startup to handle older SQLite schemas missing user_id.
• Refactor todos.tmpl to remove custom JS and prefer semantic Pico-friendly markup; adjust pagination/clear-completed actions to route reliably via forms.
• Update E2E assertions and rewrite todos/README.md; expand/consolidate guidance in CLAUDE.md.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 6 comments.

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File	Description
todos/todos.tmpl	Reworks UI markup (search, completed styling, pagination, clear completed) and action routing via forms/buttons.
todos/todos_test.go	Updates pagination visibility assertions to match new hidden-based behavior.
todos/README.md	Rewrites documentation to reflect the controller-based API and current app behavior.
todos/db_manager.go	Adds schema inspection and migration behavior to prevent crashes on stale SQLite DBs.
CLAUDE.md	Adds framework doc pointers and strengthens guidance around using framework-native patterns + Pico semantics.

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[Copilot]

Quick Start uses cd examples/todos, but in this repository the example lives at the top-level todos/ directory (as referenced in the root README). Update the path so the copy/paste instructions work.

Suggested change

	cd examples/todos
	cd todos

[Copilot]

runMigrations / hasOutdatedSchema take a parameter named database, which shadows the package-level database variable in this file. Renaming the parameter to db (as it was before) would reduce confusion and avoid accidental use of the wrong identifier in future edits.

[Copilot]

The migration path for an outdated schema unconditionally drops the todos table. That fixes the startup crash but also irreversibly deletes existing todos when upgrading. Consider a non-destructive migration (e.g., ALTER TABLE to add user_id with a default and backfill), or at minimum make the data-loss behavior explicit (log message + README note) so users aren't surprised.

Suggested change

	// and drop the old schema before recreating.
	if needsRecreate, err := hasOutdatedSchema(database); err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("checking schema: %w", err)
	} else if needsRecreate {
	log.Println("Detected outdated todos table (missing user_id column), recreating...")
	if _, err := database.Exec("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS todos"); err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("dropping outdated table: %w", err)
	// and migrate the old schema before ensuring the current one.
	if needsMigration, err := hasOutdatedSchema(database); err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("checking schema: %w", err)
	} else if needsMigration {
	log.Println("Detected outdated todos table (missing user_id column), migrating schema by adding user_id column...")
	// Non-destructive migration: add the missing user_id column with a default value.
	if _, err := database.Exec(`ALTER TABLE todos ADD COLUMN user_id TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''`); err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("adding user_id column to existing todos table: %w", err)

[Copilot]

The referenced framework documentation links don’t look like valid GitHub URLs (GitHub paths generally need /blob/<branch>/... or /tree/<branch>/...). Please update these to working links (or relative links) so contributors can actually navigate to the docs.

Suggested change

	- **References:** `https://github.com/livetemplate/livetemplate/docs/references/` — client attributes, server API, action routing
	- **Guides:** `https://github.com/livetemplate/livetemplate/docs/guides/` — progressive complexity, patterns, best practices
	- **References:** `https://github.com/livetemplate/livetemplate/tree/main/docs/references/` — client attributes, server API, action routing
	- **Guides:** `https://github.com/livetemplate/livetemplate/tree/main/docs/guides/` — progressive complexity, patterns, best practices

[Copilot]

CSS guidance is internally inconsistent: it recommends <del> with an inline style="display:block;text-decoration:none", but later says to never write inline style attributes. Either carve out an explicit exception for these <ins>/<del> patterns (used throughout the repo) or rework the guidance to avoid inline styles entirely.

Suggested change

	- Use `<ins>` for success messages, `<del>` for error messages (with `style="display:block;text-decoration:none"`)
	- Use `<s>` for strikethrough text (e.g., completed todos), `<del>` for removed/error content
	- Use `<mark>` for highlighted/badge text
	- Use `<progress>` for progress bars
	- Use `<hgroup>` for title + subtitle groupings
	- Use `<fieldset role="group">` for inline input+button groups
	- Use `<blockquote>` for callout/info boxes
	- Do NOT write inline `style` attributes. Use Pico semantic elements instead (e.g., `<s>` not `style="text-decoration:line-through"`, `<nav>` not `style="display:flex"`, `hidden` not `style="display:none"`)
	- Use `<ins>` for success messages, `<del>` for error messages, using the standardized inline style `style="display:block;text-decoration:none"` when you need them to render as block-level alerts
	- Use `<s>` for strikethrough text (e.g., completed todos), `<del>` for removed/error content
	- Use `<mark>` for highlighted/badge text
	- Use `<progress>` for progress bars
	- Use `<hgroup>` for title + subtitle groupings
	- Use `<fieldset role="group">` for inline input+button groups
	- Use `<blockquote>` for callout/info boxes
	- Do NOT write inline `style` attributes, except for the standardized `<ins>/<del>` pattern described above. Use Pico semantic elements instead (e.g., `<s>` not `style="text-decoration:line-through"`, `<nav>` not `style="display:flex"`, `hidden` not `style="display:none"`)

[Copilot]

This still introduces an inline style attribute (<del style=...>), which conflicts with the new CLAUDE.md guidance and the PR description claim of replacing inline styles. If inline styles are now disallowed, convert this to a Pico-semantic approach; otherwise consider updating the guidance/description to reflect the intended exception.