build: add Docker deployment

Created a Dockerfile and nginx configuration and added environment variables into the codebase to support Docker compose. ref: N25B-282
2025-11-14 14:06:12 +01:00
86 changed files with 1962 additions and 7493 deletions
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+node_modules
+dist
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
+.git/
+.githooks/
+__mocks__/
+test/
+eslint.config.js
+jest.config.js
+README.md
--- a/.githooks/check-branch-name.sh
+++ b/.githooks/check-branch-name.sh
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# This script checks if the current branch name follows the specified format.
-# It's designed to be used as a 'pre-commit' git hook.
-
-# Format: <type>/<short-description>
-# Example: feat/add-user-login
-
-# --- Configuration ---
-# An array of allowed commit types
-ALLOWED_TYPES=(feat fix refactor perf style test docs build chore revert)
-# An array of branches to ignore
-IGNORED_BRANCHES=(main dev demo)
-
-# --- Colors for Output ---
-RED='\033[0;31m'
-GREEN='\033[0;32m'
-YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
-NC='\033[0m' # No Color
-
-# --- Helper Functions ---
-error_exit() {
-  echo -e "${RED}ERROR: $1${NC}" >&2
-  echo -e "${YELLOW}Branch name format is incorrect. Aborting commit.${NC}" >&2
-  exit 1
-}
-
-# --- Main Logic ---
-
-# 1. Get the current branch name
-BRANCH_NAME=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)
-
-# 2. Check if the current branch is in the ignored list
-for ignored_branch in "${IGNORED_BRANCHES[@]}"; do
-  if [ "$BRANCH_NAME" == "$ignored_branch" ]; then
-    echo -e "${GREEN}Branch check skipped for default branch: $BRANCH_NAME${NC}"
-    exit 0
-  fi
-done
-
-# 3. Validate the overall structure: <type>/<description>
-if ! [[ "$BRANCH_NAME" =~ ^[a-z]+/.+$ ]]; then
-  error_exit "Branch name must be in the format: <type>/<short-description>\nExample: feat/add-user-login"
-fi
-
-# 4. Extract the type and description
-TYPE=$(echo "$BRANCH_NAME" | cut -d'/' -f1)
-DESCRIPTION=$(echo "$BRANCH_NAME" | cut -d'/' -f2-)
-
-# 5. Validate the <type>
-type_valid=false
-for allowed_type in "${ALLOWED_TYPES[@]}"; do
-  if [ "$TYPE" == "$allowed_type" ]; then
-    type_valid=true
-    break
-  fi
-done
-
-if [ "$type_valid" == false ]; then
-  error_exit "Invalid type '$TYPE'.\nAllowed types are: ${ALLOWED_TYPES[*]}"
-fi
-
-# 6. Validate the <short-description>
-# Regex breakdown:
-# ^[a-z0-9]+      - Starts with one or more lowercase letters/numbers (the first word).
-# (-[a-z0-9]+){0,5} - Followed by a group of (dash + word) 0 to 5 times.
-# $               - End of the string.
-# This entire pattern enforces 1 to 6 words total, separated by dashes.
-DESCRIPTION_REGEX="^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+){0,5}$"
-
-if ! [[ "$DESCRIPTION" =~ $DESCRIPTION_REGEX ]]; then
-  error_exit "Invalid short description '$DESCRIPTION'.\nIt must be a maximum of 6 words, all lowercase, separated by dashes.\nExample: add-new-user-authentication-feature"
-fi
-
-# If all checks pass, exit successfully
-echo -e "${GREEN}Branch name '$BRANCH_NAME' is valid.${NC}"
-exit 0
--- a/.githooks/check-commit-msg.sh
+++ b/.githooks/check-commit-msg.sh
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# This script checks if a commit message follows the specified format.
-# It's designed to be used as a 'commit-msg' git hook.
-
-# Format:
-# <type>: <short description>
-#
-# [optional]<body>
-#
-# [ref/close]: <issue identifier>
-
-# --- Configuration ---
-# An array of allowed commit types
-ALLOWED_TYPES=(feat fix refactor perf style test docs build chore revert)
-
-# --- Colors for Output ---
-RED='\033[0;31m'
-GREEN='\033[0;32m'
-YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
-NC='\033[0m' # No Color
-
-# The first argument to the hook is the path to the file containing the commit message
-COMMIT_MSG_FILE=$1
-
-# --- Automated Commit Detection ---
-
-# Read the first line (header) for initial checks
-HEADER=$(head -n 1 "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE")
-
-echo 'Given commit message:'
-echo $HEADER
-
-# Check for Merge commits (covers 'git merge' and PR merges from GitHub/GitLab)
-# Examples: "Merge branch 'main' into ...", "Merge pull request #123 from ..."
-MERGE_PATTERN="^Merge (remote-tracking )?(branch|pull request|tag) .*"
-if [[ "$HEADER" =~ $MERGE_PATTERN ]]; then
-  echo -e "${GREEN}Merge commit detected by message content. Skipping validation.${NC}"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Check for Revert commits
-# Example: "Revert "feat: add new feature""
-REVERT_PATTERN="^Revert \".*\""
-if [[ "$HEADER" =~ $REVERT_PATTERN ]]; then
-  echo -e "${GREEN}Revert commit detected by message content. Skipping validation.${NC}"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Check for Cherry-pick commits (this pattern appears at the end of the message)
-# Example: "(cherry picked from commit deadbeef...)"
-# We use grep -q to search the whole file quietly.
-CHERRY_PICK_PATTERN="\(cherry picked from commit [a-f0-9]{7,40}\)"
-if grep -qE "$CHERRY_PICK_PATTERN" "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE"; then
-  echo -e "${GREEN}Cherry-pick detected by message content. Skipping validation.${NC}"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Check for Squash
-# Example: "Squash commits ..."
-SQUASH_PATTERN="^Squash .+"
-if [[ "$HEADER" =~ $SQUASH_PATTERN ]]; then
-  echo -e "${GREEN}Squash commit detected by message content. Skipping validation.${NC}"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# --- Validation Functions ---
-
-# Function to print an error message and exit
-# Usage: error_exit "Your error message here"
-error_exit() {
-  # >&2 redirects echo to stderr
-  echo -e "${RED}ERROR: $1${NC}" >&2
-  echo -e "${YELLOW}Commit message format is incorrect. Aborting commit.${NC}" >&2
-  exit 1
-}
-
-# --- Main Logic ---
-
-# 1. Read the header (first line) of the commit message
-HEADER=$(head -n 1 "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE")
-
-# 2. Validate the header format: <type>: <description>
-# Regex breakdown:
-# ^(type1|type2|...)  - Starts with one of the allowed types
-# :                    - Followed by a literal colon
-# \s                   - Followed by a single space
-# .+                   - Followed by one or more characters for the description
-# $                    - End of the line
-TYPES_REGEX=$(
-  IFS="|"
-  echo "${ALLOWED_TYPES[*]}"
-)
-HEADER_REGEX="^($TYPES_REGEX): .+$"
-
-if ! [[ "$HEADER" =~ $HEADER_REGEX ]]; then
-  error_exit "Invalid header format.\n\nHeader must be in the format: <type>: <short description>\nAllowed types: ${ALLOWED_TYPES[*]}\nExample: feat: add new user authentication feature"
-fi
-
-# Only validate footer if commit type is not chore
-TYPE=$(echo "$HEADER" | cut -d':' -f1)
-if [ "$TYPE" != "chore" ]; then
-  # 3. Validate the footer (last line) of the commit message
-  FOOTER=$(tail -n 1 "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE")
-
-  # Regex breakdown:
-  # ^(ref|close)         - Starts with 'ref' or 'close'
-  # :                    - Followed by a literal colon
-  # \s                   - Followed by a single space
-  # N25B-                - Followed by the literal string 'N25B-'
-  # [0-9]+               - Followed by one or more digits
-  # $                    - End of the line
-  FOOTER_REGEX="^(ref|close): N25B-[0-9]+$"
-
-  if ! [[ "$FOOTER" =~ $FOOTER_REGEX ]]; then
-    error_exit "Invalid footer format.\n\nFooter must be in the format: [ref/close]: <issue identifier>\nExample: ref: N25B-123"
-  fi
-fi
-
-# 4. If the message has more than 2 lines, validate the separator
-#    A blank line must exist between the header and the body.
-LINE_COUNT=$(wc -l <"$COMMIT_MSG_FILE" | xargs) # xargs trims whitespace
-
-# We only care if there is a body. Header + Footer = 2 lines.
-# Header + Blank Line + Body... + Footer > 2 lines.
-if [ "$LINE_COUNT" -gt 2 ]; then
-  # Get the second line
-  SECOND_LINE=$(sed -n '2p' "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE")
-
-  # Check if the second line is NOT empty. If it's not, it's an error.
-  if [ -n "$SECOND_LINE" ]; then
-    error_exit "Missing blank line between header and body.\n\nThe second line of your commit message must be empty if a body is present."
-  fi
-fi
-
-# If all checks pass, exit with success
-echo -e "${GREEN}Commit message is valid.${NC}"
-exit 0
--- a/.githooks/commit-msg
+++ b/.githooks/commit-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+commit_msg_file=$1
+commit_msg=$(cat "$commit_msg_file")
+
+if echo "$commit_msg" | grep -Eq "^(feat|fix|refactor|perf|style|test|docs|build|chore|revert): .+"; then
+  if echo "$commit_msg" | grep -Eq "^(ref|close):\sN25B-.+"; then
+    exit 0
+  else
+    echo "❌ Commit message invalid! Must end with [ref/close]: N25B-000"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  echo "❌ Commit message invalid! Must start with <type>: <description>"
+  exit 1
+fi
--- a/.githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Get current branch
+branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
+if echo "$branch" | grep -Eq "(dev|main)"; then
+  echo 0
+fi
+
+# allowed pattern <type/>
+if echo "$branch" | grep -Eq "^(feat|fix|refactor|perf|style|test|docs|build|chore|revert)\/\w+(-\w+){0,5}$"; then
+  exit 0
+else
+  echo "❌ Invalid branch name: $branch"
+  echo "Branch must be named <type>/<description-of-branch> (must have one to six words separated by a dash)"
+  exit 1
+fi
--- a/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
+++ b/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "#<type>: <description>
+
+#[optional body]
+
+#[optional footer(s)]
+
+#[ref/close]: <issue identifier>" > $1
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,3 @@ dist-ssr

 # Coverage report
 coverage
-
-# Documentation pages (can be generated)
-docs
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# ---------- GLOBAL SETUP ---------- #
-workflow:
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
-
-stages:
-  - install
-  - lint
-  - test
-
-variables:
-  NODE_VERSION: "24.11.1"
-  BASE_LAYER: trixie-slim
-
-default:
-  image: docker.io/library/node:${NODE_VERSION}-${BASE_LAYER}
-  cache:
-    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}"
-    paths:
-      - node_modules/
-    policy: pull-push
-
-# --------- INSTALLING --------- #
-install:
-  stage: install
-  tags:
-    - install
-  script:
-    - npm ci
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - node_modules/
-    expire_in: 1h
-
-# ---------- LINTING ---------- #
-lint:
-  stage: lint
-  needs:
-    - install
-  tags:
-    - lint
-  script:
-    - npm run lint
-
-# ---------- TESTING ---------- #
-test:
-  stage: test
-  needs:
-    - install
-  tags:
-    - test
-  script:
-    - npm run test
--- a/.husky/commit-msg
+++ b/.husky/commit-msg
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sh .githooks/check-commit-msg.sh $1
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-sh .githooks/check-branch-name.sh
-
-npm run lint
--- a/46
+++ b/46
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# --- Building static files ---
+FROM node:23-alpine AS build
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
+
+RUN npm ci
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN npm run build
+
+
+# --- Serving ---
+FROM nginx:alpine
+
+RUN mkdir -p /app/www
+
+COPY --from=build /app/dist /app/www
+
+COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/templates/default.conf.template
+
+RUN adduser -D -H -u 1001 -s /sbin/nologin webuser
+
+RUN chown -R webuser:webuser /app/www && \
+  chmod -R 755 /app/www && \
+  chown -R webuser:webuser /var/cache/nginx && \
+  chown -R webuser:webuser /var/log/nginx && \
+  chown -R webuser:webuser /etc/nginx/conf.d && \
+  touch /var/run/nginx.pid && \
+  chown -R webuser:webuser /var/run/nginx.pid && \
+  chmod -R 777 /etc/nginx/conf.d
+
+ENV PORT=80
+ENV NGINX_ENVSUBST_TEMPLATE_DIR=/etc/nginx/templates
+ENV NGINX_ENVSUBST_TEMPLATE_SUFFIX=.template
+ENV NGINX_ENVSUBST_OUTPUT_DIR=/etc/nginx/conf.d
+# Default value, potentially overwritten in compose file
+ENV BACKEND_ADDRESS="http://localhost:8000"
+
+EXPOSE ${PORT}
+
+USER webuser
+
+CMD [ "nginx", "-g", "daemon off;" ]
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,24 +30,14 @@ It should automatically reload when you save changes.

 ## GitHooks

-To activate automatic linting, branch name checks and commit message checks, run:
-
-```bash
-npm run prepare
-```
-
-You might get an error along the lines of `Can't install pre-commit with core.hooksPath` set. To fix this, simply unset the hooksPath by running:
-
-```bash
-git config --local --unset core.hooksPath
-```
-
-Then run the pre-commit install commands again.
-
-## Documentation
-
-Generate documentation webpages with the command:
+To activate automatic commits/branch name checks run:

 ```shell
-npx typedoc --entryPointStrategy Expand src
+git config --local core.hooksPath .githooks
 ```
+
+If your commit fails its either:
+branch name != <type>/description-of-branch , 
+commit name !=  <type>: description of the commit.
+                <ref>: N25B-Num's
+
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -1,38 +1,23 @@
-import js from "@eslint/js"
-import globals from "globals"
-import reactHooks from "eslint-plugin-react-hooks"
-import reactRefresh from "eslint-plugin-react-refresh"
-import tseslint from "typescript-eslint"
-import { defineConfig, globalIgnores } from "eslint/config"
+import js from '@eslint/js'
+import globals from 'globals'
+import reactHooks from 'eslint-plugin-react-hooks'
+import reactRefresh from 'eslint-plugin-react-refresh'
+import tseslint from 'typescript-eslint'
+import { defineConfig, globalIgnores } from 'eslint/config'

 export default defineConfig([
-  globalIgnores(["dist"]),
+  globalIgnores(['dist']),
  {
-    files: ["**/*.{ts,tsx}"],
+    files: ['**/*.{ts,tsx}'],
    extends: [
      js.configs.recommended,
      tseslint.configs.recommended,
-      reactHooks.configs["recommended-latest"],
+      reactHooks.configs['recommended-latest'],
      reactRefresh.configs.vite,
    ],
    languageOptions: {
      ecmaVersion: 2020,
      globals: globals.browser,
    },
-    rules: {
-      "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": [
-        "warn",
-        {
-          argsIgnorePattern: "^_",
-          varsIgnorePattern: "^_",
-        },
-      ],
-    },
-  },
-  {
-    files: ["test/**/*.{ts,tsx}"],
-    rules: {
-      "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": "off",
-    },
  },
 ])
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+server {
+    listen ${PORT};
+    server_name localhost;
+    root /app/www;
+
+    # Security headers
+    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
+    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
+    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";
+
+    # Compression
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
+
+    location / {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+        expires -1;
+    }
+
+    # Cache static assets
+    location /assets {
+        expires 1y;
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, no-transform";
+    }
+}
+
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@
        "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^5.2.0",
        "eslint-plugin-react-refresh": "^0.4.20",
        "globals": "^16.4.0",
-        "husky": "^9.1.7",
        "identity-obj-proxy": "^3.0.0",
        "jest": "^30.2.0",
        "jest-environment-jsdom": "^30.2.0",
        "ts-jest": "^29.4.5",
-        "typedoc": "^0.28.14",
        "typescript": "~5.8.3",
        "typescript-eslint": "^8.44.0",
        "vite": "^7.1.7"
@@ -1350,20 +1348,6 @@
        "node": "^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0"
      }
    },
-    "node_modules/@gerrit0/mini-shiki": {
-      "version": "3.15.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@gerrit0/mini-shiki/-/mini-shiki-3.15.0.tgz",
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-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@shikijs/engine-oniguruma": "^3.15.0",
-        "@shikijs/langs": "^3.15.0",
-        "@shikijs/themes": "^3.15.0",
-        "@shikijs/types": "^3.15.0",
-        "@shikijs/vscode-textmate": "^10.0.2"
-      }
-    },
    "node_modules/@humanfs/core": {
      "version": "0.19.1",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@humanfs/core/-/core-0.19.1.tgz",
@@ -1476,9 +1460,9 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@istanbuljs/load-nyc-config/node_modules/js-yaml": {
-      "version": "3.14.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.14.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-PMSmkqxr106Xa156c2M265Z+FTrPl+oxd/rgOQy2tijQeK5TxQ43psO1ZCwhVOSdnn+RzkzlRz/eY4BgJBYVpg==",
+      "version": "3.14.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.14.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-okMH7OXXJ7YrN9Ok3/SXrnu4iX9yOk+25nqX4imS2npuvTYDmo/QEZoqwZkYaIDk3jVvBOTOIEgEhaLOynBS9g==",
      "dev": true,
      "license": "MIT",
      "dependencies": {
@@ -2367,55 +2351,6 @@
        "win32"
      ]
    },
-    "node_modules/@shikijs/engine-oniguruma": {
-      "version": "3.15.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@shikijs/engine-oniguruma/-/engine-oniguruma-3.15.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-HnqFsV11skAHvOArMZdLBZZApRSYS4LSztk2K3016Y9VCyZISnlYUYsL2hzlS7tPqKHvNqmI5JSUJZprXloMvA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@shikijs/types": "3.15.0",
-        "@shikijs/vscode-textmate": "^10.0.2"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@shikijs/langs": {
-      "version": "3.15.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@shikijs/langs/-/langs-3.15.0.tgz",
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-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@shikijs/types": "3.15.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@shikijs/themes": {
-      "version": "3.15.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@shikijs/themes/-/themes-3.15.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-8ow2zWb1IDvCKjYb0KiLNrK4offFdkfNVPXb1OZykpLCzRU6j+efkY+Y7VQjNlNFXonSw+4AOdGYtmqykDbRiQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@shikijs/types": "3.15.0"
-      }
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-    "node_modules/@shikijs/types": {
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-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@shikijs/vscode-textmate": "^10.0.2",
-        "@types/hast": "^3.0.4"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@shikijs/vscode-textmate": {
-      "version": "10.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@shikijs/vscode-textmate/-/vscode-textmate-10.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-83yeghZ2xxin3Nj8z1NMd/NCuca+gsYXswywDy5bHvwlWL8tpTQmzGeUuHd9FC3E/SBEMvzJRwWEOz5gGes9Qg==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT"
-    },
    "node_modules/@sinclair/typebox": {
      "version": "0.34.41",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sinclair/typebox/-/typebox-0.34.41.tgz",
@@ -2702,16 +2637,6 @@
      "dev": true,
      "license": "MIT"
    },
-    "node_modules/@types/hast": {
-      "version": "3.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/hast/-/hast-3.0.4.tgz",
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-        "typedoc": "bin/typedoc"
-      },
-      "engines": {
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-        "pnpm": ">= 10"
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-      "peerDependencies": {
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+      "version": "1.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/use-sync-external-store/-/use-sync-external-store-1.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Rb46I4cGGVBmjamjphe8L/UnvJD+uPPtTkNvX5mZgqdbavhI4EbgIWJiIHXJ8bc/i9EQGPRh4DwEURJ552Do0A==",
      "license": "MIT",
      "peerDependencies": {
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@@ -8362,19 +8142,6 @@
      "dev": true,
      "license": "ISC"
    },
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-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "ISC",
-      "bin": {
-        "yaml": "bin.mjs"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 14.6"
-      }
-    },
    "node_modules/yargs": {
      "version": "17.7.2",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-17.7.2.tgz",
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "vite",
    "build": "tsc -b && vite build",
-    "lint": "eslint src test",
-    "preview": "vite preview",
-    "test": "jest",
-    "prepare": "husky"
+    "lint": "eslint .",
+    "preview": "vite preview"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@neodrag/react": "^2.3.1",
@@ -32,12 +30,10 @@
    "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^5.2.0",
    "eslint-plugin-react-refresh": "^0.4.20",
    "globals": "^16.4.0",
-    "husky": "^9.1.7",
    "identity-obj-proxy": "^3.0.0",
    "jest": "^30.2.0",
    "jest-environment-jsdom": "^30.2.0",
    "ts-jest": "^29.4.5",
-    "typedoc": "^0.28.14",
    "typescript": "~5.8.3",
    "typescript-eslint": "^8.44.0",
    "vite": "^7.1.7"
--- a/src/App.css
+++ b/src/App.css
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ button.movePage:hover{
 }


-#root {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-}

 header {
  position: sticky;
@@ -100,7 +96,6 @@ header {
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;

-  background-color: var(--accent-color);
  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
  z-index: 1; /* Otherwise any translated elements render above the blur?? */
 }
@@ -109,10 +104,6 @@ main {
  padding: 1rem 0;
 }

-input[type="checkbox"] {
-  cursor: pointer;
-}
-
 .flex-row {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
@@ -130,14 +121,6 @@ input[type="checkbox"] {
  flex-wrap: wrap;
 }

-.min-height-0 {
-  min-height: 0;
-}
-
-.scroll-y {
-  overflow-y: scroll;
-}
-
 .align-center {
  align-items: center;
 }
@@ -158,10 +141,6 @@ input[type="checkbox"] {
  gap: 1rem;
 }

-.margin-0 {
-  margin: 0;
-}
-
 .padding-sm {
  padding: .25rem;
 }
@@ -171,19 +150,7 @@ input[type="checkbox"] {
 .padding-lg {
  padding: 1rem;
 }
-.padding-b-sm {
-  padding-bottom: .25rem;
-}
-.padding-b-md {
-  padding-bottom: .5rem;
-}
-.padding-b-lg {
-  padding-bottom: 1rem;
-}

-.round-sm, .round-md, .round-lg {
-  overflow: hidden;
-}
 .round-sm {
  border-radius: .25rem;
 }
@@ -193,58 +160,3 @@ input[type="checkbox"] {
 .round-lg {
  border-radius: 1rem;
 }
-
-.border-sm {
-  border: 1px solid canvastext;
-}
-.border-md {
-  border: 2px solid canvastext;
-}
-.border-lg {
-  border: 3px solid canvastext;
-}
-
-.font-small {
-  font-size: .75rem;
-}
-.font-medium {
-  font-size: 1rem;
-}
-.font-large {
-  font-size: 1.25rem;
-}
-.mono {
-  font-family: ui-monospace, monospace;
-}
-.bold {
-  font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-
-.clickable {
-  cursor: pointer;
-
-  &:hover {
-    text-decoration: underline;
-  }
-}
-.user-select-all {
-  -webkit-user-select: all;
-  user-select: all;
-}
-.user-select-none {
-  -webkit-user-select: none;
-  user-select: none;
-}
-button.no-button {
-  background: none;
-  border: none;
-  padding: 0;
-  cursor: pointer;
-  color: inherit;
-  text-decoration: none;
-
-  &:hover {
-    text-decoration: underline;
-  }
-}
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -3,34 +3,24 @@ import './App.css'
 import TemplatePage from './pages/TemplatePage/Template.tsx'
 import Home from './pages/Home/Home.tsx'
 import Robot from './pages/Robot/Robot.tsx';
-import ConnectedRobots from './pages/ConnectedRobots/ConnectedRobots.tsx'
 import VisProg from "./pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.tsx";
-import {useState} from "react";
-import Logging from "./components/Logging/Logging.tsx";

 function App(){
-  const [showLogs, setShowLogs] = useState(false);
-
  return (
-    <>
+    <div>
      <header>
        <Link to={"/"}>Home</Link>
-        <button onClick={() => setShowLogs(!showLogs)}>Toggle Logging</button>
      </header>
-      <div className={"flex-row justify-center flex-1 min-height-0"}>
-        <main className={"flex-col align-center flex-1 scroll-y"}>
+      <main className={"flex-col align-center"}>
        <Routes>
          <Route path="/" element={<Home />} />
          <Route path="/template" element={<TemplatePage />} />
          <Route path="/editor" element={<VisProg />} />
          <Route path="/robot" element={<Robot />} />
-            <Route path="/ConnectedRobots" element={<ConnectedRobots />} />
        </Routes>
      </main>
-        {showLogs && <Logging />}
    </div>
-    </>
-  );
+  )
 }

 export default App
--- a/src/components/Logging/Filters.module.css
+++ b/src/components/Logging/Filters.module.css
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-.filter-root {
-  position: relative;
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-}
-
-.filter-panel {
-  position: absolute;
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  gap: .25rem;
-  top: 0;
-  right: 0;
-  z-index: 1;
-  background: canvas;
-  box-shadow: 0 0 1rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-  width: 300px;
-
-  *:first-child {
-    margin-top: 0;
-  }
-  *:last-child {
-    margin-bottom: 0;
-  }
-}
-
-button.deletable {
-  cursor: pointer;
-
-  &:hover {
-    text-decoration: line-through;
-  }
-}
--- a/src/components/Logging/Filters.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Logging/Filters.tsx
@@ -1,263 +0,0 @@
-import {useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
-
-import type {LogFilterPredicate} from "./useLogs.ts";
-
-import styles from "./Filters.module.css";
-
-/**
- * A generic setter type compatible with React's state setters.
- */
-type Setter<T> = (value: T | ((prev: T) => T)) => void;
-
-/**
- * Mapping of log level names to their corresponding numeric severity.
- * Used for comparison in log filtering predicates.
- */
-const optionMapping = new Map([
-  ["ALL", 0],
-  ["LLM", 9],
-  ["DEBUG", 10],
-  ["INFO", 20],
-  ["WARNING", 30],
-  ["ERROR", 40],
-  ["CRITICAL", 50],
-  ["NONE", 999_999_999_999], // It is technically possible to have a higher level, but this is fine
-]);
-
-/**
- * Renders a single log-level selector (dropdown) for a specific filter target.
- *
- * Used by both the global filter and agent-specific filters.
- *
- * @param name - The display name or identifier for the filter target.
- * @param level - The currently selected log level.
- * @param setLevel - Function to update the selected log level.
- * @param onDelete - Optional callback for deleting this filter element.
- * @returns A JSX element that renders a labeled dropdown for selecting log levels.
- */
-function LevelPredicateElement({
-  name,
-  level,
-  setLevel,
-  onDelete,
-}: {
-  name: string;
-  level: string;
-  setLevel: (level: string) => void;
-  onDelete?: () => void;
-}) {
-  const normalizedName = name.split(".").pop() || name;
-
-  return <div className={"flex-row gap-sm align-center"}>
-    <label
-      htmlFor={`log_level_${name}`}
-      className={"font-small"}
-    >
-      {onDelete
-        ? <button
-          className={`no-button ${styles.deletable}`}
-          onClick={onDelete}
-        >{normalizedName}:</button>
-        : normalizedName + ':'
-      }
-    </label>
-    <select
-      id={`log_level_${name}`}
-      value={level}
-      onChange={(e) => setLevel(e.target.value)}
-    >
-      {Array.from(optionMapping.keys()).map((key) => (
-        <option key={key} value={key}>{key}</option>
-      ))}
-    </select>
-  </div>
-}
-
-/** Key used for the global log-level predicate in the filter map. */
-const GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY = "global_log_level";
-
-/**
- * Renders and manages the **global log-level filter**.
- *
- * This component defines a baseline log level that all logs must meet or exceed
- * to be displayed, unless overridden by per-agent filters.
- *
- * @param filterPredicates - Map of current log filter predicates.
- * @param setFilterPredicates - Setter function to update the filter predicates map.
- * @returns A JSX element rendering the global log-level selector.
- */
-function GlobalLevelFilter({
-  filterPredicates,
-  setFilterPredicates,
-}: {
-  filterPredicates: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>;
-  setFilterPredicates: Setter<Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>>;
-}) {
-  const selected = filterPredicates.get(GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY)?.value || "ALL";
-  const setSelected = (selected: string | null) => {
-    if (!selected || !optionMapping.has(selected)) return;
-
-    setFilterPredicates((curr) => {
-      const next = new Map(curr);
-      next.set(GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY, {
-        predicate: (record) => record.levelno >= optionMapping.get(selected)!,
-        priority: 0,
-        value: selected,
-      });
-      return next;
-    });
-  }
-
-  // Initialize default global level on mount.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (filterPredicates.has(GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY)) return;
-    setSelected("INFO");
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, []); // Run only once when the component mounts, not when anything changes
-
-  return <LevelPredicateElement
-    name={"Global"}
-    level={selected}
-    setLevel={setSelected}
-  />;
-}
-
-/** Prefix for agent-specific log-level predicate keys in the filter map. */
-const AGENT_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY_PREFIX = "agent_log_level_";
-
-/**
- * Renders and manages **per-agent log-level filters**.
- *
- * Allows the user to set specific log levels for individual agents, overriding
- * the global filter for those agents. Includes functionality to add, edit,
- * or remove agent-level filters.
- *
- * @param filterPredicates - Map of current log filter predicates.
- * @param setFilterPredicates - Setter function to update the filter predicates map.
- * @param agentNames - Set of agent names available for filtering.
- * @returns A JSX element rendering agent-level filters and a dropdown to add new ones.
- */
-function AgentLevelFilters({
-  filterPredicates,
-  setFilterPredicates,
-  agentNames,
-}: {
-  filterPredicates: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>;
-  setFilterPredicates: Setter<Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>>;
-  agentNames: Set<string>;
-}) {
-  const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
-
-  // Close dropdown or panels when clicking outside or pressing Escape.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!open) return;
-    const onDocClick = (e: MouseEvent) => {
-      if (!rootRef.current?.contains(e.target as Node)) setOpen(false);
-    };
-    const onKey = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
-      if (e.key !== "Escape") return;
-      setOpen(false);
-      e.preventDefault(); // Don't exit fullscreen mode
-    };
-    document.addEventListener("mousedown", onDocClick);
-    document.addEventListener("keydown", onKey);
-    return () => {
-      document.removeEventListener("mousedown", onDocClick);
-      document.removeEventListener("keydown", onKey);
-    };
-  }, [open]);
-
-  // Identify which predicates correspond to agents.
-  const agentPredicates = [...filterPredicates.keys()].filter((key) =>
-    key.startsWith(AGENT_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY_PREFIX));
-
- /**
-   * Creates or updates the log filter predicate for a specific agent.
-   * Falls back to the global log level if no level is specified.
-   *
-   * @param agentName - The name of the agent to filter.
-   * @param level - Optional log level to apply; defaults to the global level.
-   */
-  const setAgentPredicate = (agentName: string, level?: string ) => {
-    level = level ?? filterPredicates.get(GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY)?.value ?? "ALL";
-    setFilterPredicates((prev) => {
-      const next = new Map(prev);
-      next.set(AGENT_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY_PREFIX + agentName, {
-        predicate: (record) => record.name === agentName
-          ? record.levelno >= optionMapping.get(level!)!
-          : null,
-        priority: 1,
-        value: {agentName, level},
-      });
-      return next;
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Deletes the log filter predicate for a specific agent.
-   *
-   * @param agentName - The name of the agent whose filter should be removed.
-   */
-  const deleteAgentPredicate = (agentName: string) => {
-    setFilterPredicates((curr) => {
-      const fullName = AGENT_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY_PREFIX + agentName;
-      if (!curr.has(fullName)) return curr; // Return unchanged, no re-render
-      const next = new Map(curr);
-      next.delete(fullName);
-      return next;
-    });
-  }
-
-  return <>
-    {agentPredicates.map((key) => {
-      const {agentName, level} = filterPredicates.get(key)!.value;
-
-      return <LevelPredicateElement
-        key={key}
-        name={agentName}
-        level={level}
-        setLevel={(level) => setAgentPredicate(agentName, level)}
-        onDelete={() => deleteAgentPredicate(agentName)}
-      />;
-    })}
-    <div className={"flex-row gap-sm align-center"}>
-      <label htmlFor={"add_agent"} className={"font-small"}>Add:</label>
-      <select
-        id={"add_agent"}
-        value={""}
-        onChange={(e) => !!e.target.value && setAgentPredicate(e.target.value)}
-      >
-        {["", ...agentNames.keys()].map((key) => (
-          <option key={key} value={key}>{key.split(".").pop()}</option>
-        ))}
-      </select>
-    </div>
-  </>;
-}
-
-/**
- * Main Filters component that aggregates global and per-agent log filters.
- *
- * Combines the global log-level filter and agent-specific filters into a unified UI.
- * Updates a shared `Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>` to determine which logs are shown.
- *
- * @param filterPredicates - The map of all active log filter predicates.
- * @param setFilterPredicates - Setter to update the map of predicates.
- * @param agentNames - Set of available agent names to display filters for.
- * @returns A React component that renders all log filter controls.
- */
-export default function Filters({
-  filterPredicates,
-  setFilterPredicates,
-  agentNames,
-}: {
-  filterPredicates: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>;
-  setFilterPredicates: Setter<Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>>;
-  agentNames: Set<string>;
-}) {
-  return <div className={"flex-1 flex-row flex-wrap gap-md align-center"}>
-    <GlobalLevelFilter filterPredicates={filterPredicates} setFilterPredicates={setFilterPredicates} />
-    <AgentLevelFilters filterPredicates={filterPredicates} setFilterPredicates={setFilterPredicates} agentNames={agentNames} />
-  </div>;
-}
--- a/src/components/Logging/Logging.module.css
+++ b/src/components/Logging/Logging.module.css
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-.logging-container {
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-
-  width: max(30dvw, 500px);
-  flex-shrink: 0;
-
-  box-shadow: 0 0 1rem black;
-  padding: 1rem 1rem 0 1rem;
-}
-
-.no-numbers {
-  list-style-type: none;
-  counter-reset: none;
-  padding-inline-start: 0;
-}
-
-.log-container {
-  margin-bottom: .5rem;
-
-  .accented-0, .accented-10 {
-    background-color: color-mix(in oklab, canvas, rgb(159, 159, 159) 35%)
-  }
-  .accented-20 {
-    background-color: color-mix(in oklab, canvas, green 35%)
-  }
-  .accented-30 {
-    background-color: color-mix(in oklab, canvas, yellow 35%)
-  }
-  .accented-40, .accented-50 {
-    background-color: color-mix(in oklab, canvas, red 35%)
-  }
-}
-
-.floating-button {
-  position: fixed;
-  bottom: 1rem;
-  right: 1rem;
-  box-shadow: 0 0 1rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-}
--- a/src/components/Logging/Logging.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Logging/Logging.tsx
@@ -1,186 +0,0 @@
-import {useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
-import {create} from "zustand";
-
-import formatDuration from "../../utils/formatDuration.ts";
-import {type LogFilterPredicate, type LogRecord, useLogs} from "./useLogs.ts";
-import Filters from "./Filters.tsx";
-import {type Cell, useCell} from "../../utils/cellStore.ts";
-
-import styles from "./Logging.module.css";
-
-
-/**
- * Zustand store definition for managing user preferences related to logging.
- *
- * Includes flags for toggling relative timestamps and automatic scroll behavior.
- */
-type LoggingSettings = {
-  /** Whether to display log timestamps as relative (e.g., "2m 15s ago") instead of absolute. */
-  showRelativeTime: boolean;
-  /** Updates the `showRelativeTime` setting. */
-  setShowRelativeTime: (showRelativeTime: boolean) => void;
-  /** Whether the log view should automatically scroll to the newest entry. */
-  scrollToBottom: boolean;
-  /** Updates the `scrollToBottom` setting. */
-  setScrollToBottom: (scrollToBottom: boolean) => void;
-};
-
-/**
- * Global Zustand store for logging UI preferences.
- */
-const useLoggingSettings = create<LoggingSettings>((set) => ({
-  showRelativeTime: false,
-  setShowRelativeTime: (showRelativeTime: boolean) => set({ showRelativeTime }),
-  scrollToBottom: true,
-  setScrollToBottom: (scrollToBottom: boolean) => set({ scrollToBottom }),
-}));
-
-/**
- * Renders a single log message entry with colored level indicators and timestamp formatting.
- *
- * This component automatically re-renders when the underlying log record (`recordCell`)
- * changes. It also triggers the `onUpdate` callback whenever the record updates (e.g., for auto-scrolling).
- *
- * @param recordCell - A reactive `Cell` containing a single `LogRecord`.
- * @param onUpdate - Optional callback triggered when the log entry updates.
- * @returns A JSX element displaying a formatted log message.
- */
-function LogMessage({
-  recordCell,
-  onUpdate,
-}: {
-  recordCell: Cell<LogRecord>,
-  onUpdate?: () => void,
-}) {
-  const { showRelativeTime, setShowRelativeTime } = useLoggingSettings();
-  const record = useCell(recordCell);
-
-  /**
-   * Normalizes the log level number to a multiple of 10, 
-   * for which there are CSS styles. (e.g., INFO = 20, ERROR = 40).
-   */
-  const normalizedLevelNo = (() => {
-    // By default, the highest level is 50 (CRITICAL). Custom levels can be higher, but we don't have more critical color.
-    if (record.levelno >= 50) return 50;
-
-    return Math.round(record.levelno / 10) * 10;
-  })();
-
-  /** Simplifies the logger name by showing only the last path segment. */
-  const normalizedName = record.name.split(".").pop() || record.name;
-
-  // Notify parent component (e.g. for scroll updates) when this record changes.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (onUpdate) onUpdate();
-  }, [record, onUpdate]);
-
-  return <div className={`${styles.logContainer} round-md border-lg flex-row gap-md`}>
-    <div className={`${styles[`accented${normalizedLevelNo}`]} flex-col padding-sm justify-between`}>
-      <span className={"mono bold"}>{record.levelname}</span>
-      <span className={"mono clickable font-small"}
-        onClick={() => setShowRelativeTime(!showRelativeTime)}
-      >{showRelativeTime
-        ? formatDuration(record.relativeCreated)
-        : new Date(record.created * 1000).toLocaleTimeString()
-      }</span>
-    </div>
-    <div className={"flex-col flex-1 padding-sm"}>
-      <span className={"mono"}>{normalizedName}</span>
-      <span>{record.message}</span>
-    </div>
-  </div>;
-}
-
-/**
- * Displays a scrollable list of log messages.
- *
- * Handles:
- * - Auto-scrolling when new messages arrive.
- * - Allowing users to scroll manually and disable auto-scroll.
- * - A floating "Scroll to bottom" button when not at the bottom.
- *
- * @param recordCells - Array of reactive log records to display.
- * @returns A scrollable log list component.
- */
-function LogMessages({ recordCells }: { recordCells: Cell<LogRecord>[] }) {
-  const scrollableRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-  const lastElementRef = useRef<HTMLLIElement>(null)
-  const { scrollToBottom, setScrollToBottom } = useLoggingSettings();
-
-  // Disable auto-scroll if the user manually scrolls.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!scrollableRef.current) return;
-    const currentScrollableRef = scrollableRef.current;
-
-    const handleScroll = () => setScrollToBottom(false);
-
-    currentScrollableRef.addEventListener("wheel", handleScroll);
-    currentScrollableRef.addEventListener("touchmove", handleScroll);
-
-    return () => {
-      currentScrollableRef.removeEventListener("wheel", handleScroll);
-      currentScrollableRef.removeEventListener("touchmove", handleScroll);
-    }
-  }, [scrollableRef, setScrollToBottom]);
-
-  /**
-   * Scrolls the last log message into view if auto-scroll is enabled,
-   * or if forced (e.g., user clicks "Scroll to bottom").
-   *
-   * @param force - If true, forces scrolling even if `scrollToBottom` is false.
-   */
-  function scrollLastElementIntoView(force = false) {
-    if ((!scrollToBottom && !force) || !lastElementRef.current) return;
-    lastElementRef.current.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth" });
-  }
-
-  return <div ref={scrollableRef} className={"min-height-0 scroll-y padding-b-md"}>
-    <ol className={`${styles.noNumbers} margin-0 flex-col gap-md`}>
-      {recordCells.map((recordCell, i) => (
-        <li key={`${i}_${recordCell.get().firstRelativeCreated}`}>
-          <LogMessage recordCell={recordCell} onUpdate={scrollLastElementIntoView} />
-        </li>
-      ))}
-      <li ref={lastElementRef}></li>
-    </ol>
-    {!scrollToBottom && <button
-      className={styles.floatingButton}
-      onClick={() => {
-        setScrollToBottom(true);
-        scrollLastElementIntoView(true);
-      }}
-    >
-      Scroll to bottom
-    </button>}
-  </div>;
-}
-
-/**
- * Top-level logging panel component.
- *
- * Combines:
- * - The `Filters` component for adjusting log visibility.
- * - The `LogMessages` component for displaying filtered logs.
- * - Zustand-managed UI settings (auto-scroll, timestamp display).
- *
- * This component uses the `useLogs` hook to fetch and filter logs based on
- * active predicates, and re-renders automatically as new logs arrive.
- *
- * @returns The complete logging UI as a React element.
- */
-export default function Logging() {
-  const [filterPredicates, setFilterPredicates] = useState(new Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>());
-  const { filteredLogs, distinctNames } = useLogs(filterPredicates)
-
-  return <div className={`flex-col gap-lg min-height-0 ${styles.loggingContainer}`}>
-    <div className={"flex-row gap-lg justify-between align-center"}>
-      <h2 className={"margin-0"}>Logs</h2>
-      <Filters
-        filterPredicates={filterPredicates}
-        setFilterPredicates={setFilterPredicates}
-        agentNames={distinctNames}
-      />
-    </div>
-    <LogMessages recordCells={filteredLogs} />
-  </div>;
-}
--- a/src/components/Logging/useLogs.ts
+++ b/src/components/Logging/useLogs.ts
@@ -1,212 +0,0 @@
-import {useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
-
-import {applyPriorityPredicates, type PriorityFilterPredicate} from "../../utils/priorityFiltering.ts";
-import {cell, type Cell} from "../../utils/cellStore.ts";
-
-/**
- * Represents a single log record emitted by the backend logging system.
- *
- * @property name - The name of the logger or source (e.g., `"agent.core"`).
- * @property message - The message content of the log record.
- * @property levelname - The human-readable severity level (e.g., `"INFO"`, `"ERROR"`).
- * @property levelno - The numeric severity value corresponding to `levelname`.
- * @property created - The UNIX timestamp (in seconds) when this record was created.
- * @property relativeCreated - The time (in milliseconds) since the logging system started.
- * @property reference - (Optional) A reference identifier linking related log messages.
- * @property firstCreated - Timestamp of the first log in this reference group.
- * @property firstRelativeCreated - Relative timestamp of the first log in this reference group.
- */
-export type LogRecord = {
-  name: string;
-  message: string;
-  levelname: 'LLM' | 'DEBUG' | 'INFO' | 'WARNING' | 'ERROR' | 'CRITICAL' | string;
-  levelno: number;
-  created: number;
-  relativeCreated: number;
-  reference?: string;
-  firstCreated: number;
-  firstRelativeCreated: number;
-};
-
-/**
- * A log filter predicate with priority support, used to determine whether
- * a log record should be displayed.
- *
- * This extends a general `PriorityFilterPredicate` and includes an optional
- * `value` field for UI metadata (e.g., selected log level or agent).
- *
- * @template T - The type of record being filtered (here, `LogRecord`).
- */
-export type LogFilterPredicate = PriorityFilterPredicate<LogRecord> & { 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  value: any };
-
- /**
- * React hook that manages the lifecycle of log records, including:
- * - Receiving live log messages via Server-Sent Events (SSE),
- * - Applying priority-based filtering rules,
- * - Managing distinct logger names and reference-linked messages.
- *
- * Returns both the filtered logs (as reactive `Cell<LogRecord>` objects)
- * and a set of distinct logger names for use in UI components (e.g., Filters).
- *
- * @param filterPredicates - A `Map` of log filter predicates, keyed by ID or type.
- * @returns An object containing:
- * - `filteredLogs`: The currently visible (filtered) log messages.
- * - `distinctNames`: A set of all distinct logger names encountered.
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * const { filteredLogs, distinctNames } = useLogs(activeFilters);
- * ```
- */
-export function useLogs(filterPredicates: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) {
-  /** Distinct logger names encountered across all logs. */
-  const [distinctNames, setDistinctNames] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
-  /** Filtered logs that pass all active predicates, stored as reactive cells. */
-  const [filtered, setFiltered] = useState<Cell<LogRecord>[]>([]);
-
-  /** Persistent reference to the active EventSource connection. */
-  const sseRef = useRef<EventSource | null>(null);
-  /** Keeps a stable reference to the current filter map (avoids re-renders). */
-  const filtersRef = useRef(filterPredicates);
-  /** Stores all received logs (the unfiltered full history). */
-  const logsRef = useRef<LogRecord[]>([]);
-
-  /** Map to store the first message for each reference, instance can be updated to change contents. */
-  const firstByRefRef = useRef<Map<string, Cell<LogRecord>>>(new Map());
-
-  /**
-   * Apply all active filter predicates to a log record.
-   * @param log The log record to apply the filters to.
-   * @returns `true` if the record passes all filters; otherwise `false`.
-   */
-  const applyFilters = useCallback((log: LogRecord) =>
-    applyPriorityPredicates(log, [...filtersRef.current.values()]), []);
-
-  /**
-   * Fully recomputes the filtered log list based on the current
-   * filter predicates and historical logs.
-   *
-   * Should be invoked whenever the filter map changes.
-   */
-  const recomputeFiltered = useCallback(() => {
-    const newFiltered: Cell<LogRecord>[] = [];
-    firstByRefRef.current = new Map();
-
-    for (const message of logsRef.current) {
-      const messageCell = cell<LogRecord>({
-        ...message,
-        firstCreated: message.created,
-        firstRelativeCreated: message.relativeCreated,
-      });
-
-      // Handle reference grouping: update the first message in the group.
-      if (message.reference) {
-        const first = firstByRefRef.current.get(message.reference);
-        if (first) {
-          // Update the first's contents
-          first.set((prev) => ({
-            ...message,
-            firstCreated: prev.firstCreated ?? prev.created,
-            firstRelativeCreated: prev.firstRelativeCreated ?? prev.relativeCreated,
-          }));
-
-          continue; // Don't add it to the list again (it's a duplicate).
-        } else {
-          // Add the first message with this reference to the registry
-          firstByRefRef.current.set(message.reference, messageCell);
-        }
-      }
-
-      // Include only if it passes current filters.
-      if (applyFilters(message)) {
-        newFiltered.push(messageCell);
-      }
-    }
-
-    setFiltered(newFiltered);
-  }, [applyFilters, setFiltered]);
-
-  // Re-filter all logs whenever filter predicates change.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    filtersRef.current = filterPredicates;
-    recomputeFiltered();
-  }, [filterPredicates, recomputeFiltered]);
-
-  /**
-   * Handles a newly received log record.
-   * Updates the full log history, distinct names set, and filtered log list.
-   *
-   * @param message - The new log record to process.
-   */
-  const handleNewMessage = useCallback((message: LogRecord) => {
-    // Store in complete history for future refiltering.
-    logsRef.current.push(message);
-
-    // Track distinct logger names.
-    setDistinctNames((prev) => {
-      if (prev.has(message.name)) return prev;
-      const newSet = new Set(prev);
-      newSet.add(message.name);
-      return newSet;
-    });
-
-    // Wrap in a reactive cell for UI binding.
-    const messageCell = cell<LogRecord>({
-      ...message,
-      firstCreated: message.created,
-      firstRelativeCreated: message.relativeCreated,
-    });
-
-    // Handle reference-linked updates.
-    if (message.reference) {
-      const first = firstByRefRef.current.get(message.reference);
-      if (first) {
-        // Update the first's contents
-        first.set((prev) => ({
-          ...message,
-          firstCreated: prev.firstCreated ?? prev.created,
-          firstRelativeCreated: prev.firstRelativeCreated ?? prev.relativeCreated,
-        }));
-
-        return; // Do not duplicate reference group entries.
-      } else {
-        firstByRefRef.current.set(message.reference, messageCell);
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Only append if message passes filters.
-    if (applyFilters(message)) {
-      setFiltered((curr) => [...curr, messageCell]);
-    }
-  }, [applyFilters, setFiltered]);
-
-  /**
-   * Initializes the SSE (Server-Sent Events) stream for real-time logs.
-   *
-   * Subscribes to messages from the backend logging endpoint and
-   * dispatches each message to `handleNewMessage`.
-   *
-   * Cleans up the EventSource connection when the component unmounts.
-   */
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // Only create one SSE connection for the lifetime of the hook.
-    if (sseRef.current) return;
-
-    const es = new EventSource("http://localhost:8000/logs/stream");
-    sseRef.current = es;
-
-    es.onmessage = (event) => {
-      const data: LogRecord = JSON.parse(event.data);
-      handleNewMessage(data);
-    };
-
-    return () => {
-      es.close();
-      sseRef.current = null;
-    };
-  }, [handleNewMessage]);
-
-  return {filteredLogs: filtered, distinctNames};
-}
--- a/src/components/ScrollIntoView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ScrollIntoView.tsx
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import {useEffect, useRef} from "react";
-
-/**
- * A React component that automatically scrolls itself into view whenever rendered.
- *
- * This component is especially useful in scrollable containers to keep the most
- * recent content visible (e.g., chat applications, live logs, or notifications).
- *
- * It uses the browser's `Element.scrollIntoView()` API with smooth scrolling behavior.
- *
- * @returns A `<div>` element that scrolls into view when mounted or updated.
- */
-export default function ScrollIntoView() {
-  /** Ref to the DOM element that will be scrolled into view. */
-  const elementRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (elementRef.current) elementRef.current.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth" });
-  });
-
-  return <div ref={elementRef} />;
-}
--- a/src/components/TextField.module.css
+++ b/src/components/TextField.module.css
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-.text-field {
-  border: 1px solid transparent;
-  border-radius: 5pt;
-  padding: 4px 8px;
-  outline: none;
-  background-color: canvas;
-  transition: border-color 0.2s, box-shadow 0.2s;
-  cursor: text;
-}
-
-.text-field.invalid {
-  border-color: red;
-  color: red;
-}
-
-.text-field:focus:not(.invalid) {
-  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, canvas, #777 10%);
-}
-
-.text-field:read-only {
-  cursor: pointer;
-  background-color: color-mix(in srgb, canvas, #777 5%);
-}
-
-.text-field:read-only:hover:not(.invalid) {
-  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, canvas, #777 10%);
-}
--- a/src/components/TextField.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TextField.tsx
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-import {useEffect, useState} from "react";
-import styles from "./TextField.module.css";
-
-/**
- * A styled text input that updates its value **in real time** at every keystroke.
- *
- * Automatically toggles between read-only and editable modes to integrate with
- * drag-based UIs (like React Flow). Calls `onCommit` when editing is completed.
- *
- * @param props - Component properties.
- * @param props.value - The current text input value.
- * @param props.setValue - Callback invoked on every keystroke to update the value.
- * @param props.onCommit - Callback invoked when editing is finalized (on blur or Enter).
- * @param props.placeholder - Optional placeholder text displayed when the input is empty.
- * @param props.className - Optional additional CSS class names.
- * @param props.id - Optional unique HTML `id` for the input element.
- * @param props.ariaLabel - Optional ARIA label for accessibility.
- * @param props.invalid - If true, applies error styling to indicate invalid input.
- *
- * @returns A styled `<input>` element that updates its value in real time.
- */
-export function RealtimeTextField({
-  value = "",
-  setValue,
-  onCommit,
-  placeholder,
-  className,
-  id,
-  ariaLabel,
-  invalid = false,
-} : {
-  value: string,
-  setValue: (value: string) => void,
-  onCommit: () => void,
-  placeholder?: string,
-  className?: string,
-  id?: string,
-  ariaLabel?: string,
-  invalid?: boolean,
-}) {
-  /** Tracks whether the input is currently read-only (for drag compatibility). */
-  const [readOnly, setReadOnly] = useState(true);
-
-  /** Finalizes editing and calls `onCommit` when the user exits the field. */
-  const updateData  = () => {
-    setReadOnly(true);
-    onCommit();
-  };
-
-  /** Handles the Enter key — commits the input by triggering a blur event. */
-  const updateOnEnter = (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => { 
-    if (event.key === "Enter") 
-      (event.target as HTMLInputElement).blur(); };
-
-  return <input
-    type={"text"}
-    placeholder={placeholder}
-    value={value}
-    onChange={(e) => setValue(e.target.value)}
-    onFocus={() => setReadOnly(false)}
-    onBlur={updateData}
-    onKeyDown={updateOnEnter}
-    readOnly={readOnly}
-    id={id}
-    // ReactFlow uses the "drag" / "nodrag" classes to enable / disable dragging of nodes
-    className={`${readOnly ? "drag" : "nodrag"} ${styles.textField} ${invalid ? styles.invalid : ""} ${className}`}
-    aria-label={ariaLabel}
-  />;
-}
-
-/**
- * A styled text input that updates its value **only on commit** (when the user
- * presses Enter or clicks outside the input).
- *
- * Internally wraps `RealtimeTextField` and buffers input changes locally,
- * calling `setValue` only once editing is complete.
- *
- * @param props - Component properties.
- * @param props.value - The current text input value.
- * @param props.setValue - Callback invoked when the user commits the change.
- * @param props.placeholder - Optional placeholder text displayed when the input is empty.
- * @param props.className - Optional additional CSS class names.
- * @param props.id - Optional unique HTML `id` for the input element.
- * @param props.ariaLabel - Optional ARIA label for accessibility.
- * @param props.invalid - If true, applies error styling to indicate invalid input.
- *
- * @returns A styled `<input>` element that updates its parent state only on commit.
- */
-export function TextField({
-  value = "",
-  setValue,
-  placeholder,
-  className,
-  id,
-  ariaLabel,
-  invalid = false,
-} : {
-  value: string,
-  setValue: (value: string) => void,
-  placeholder?: string,
-  className?: string,
-  id?: string,
-  ariaLabel?: string,
-  invalid?: boolean,
-}) {
-  const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState(value);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setInputValue(value);
-  }, [value]);
-
-  const onCommit = () => setValue(inputValue);
-
-  return <RealtimeTextField
-    placeholder={placeholder}
-    value={inputValue}
-    setValue={setInputValue}
-    onCommit={onCommit}
-    id={id}
-    className={className}
-    ariaLabel={ariaLabel}
-    invalid={invalid}
-  />;
-}
--- a/src/components/components.tsx
+++ b/src/components/components.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 import { useState } from 'react'

-/**
- * A minimal counter component that demonstrates basic React state handling.
- *
- * Maintains an internal count value and provides buttons to increment and reset it.
- *
- * @returns A JSX element rendering the counter UI.
- */
 function Counter() {
-  /** The current counter value. */
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0)

  return (
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -7,15 +7,13 @@
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.87);
  background-color: #242424;

-  --accent-color: #008080;
-
  font-synthesis: none;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
 }

-html, body, #root {
+html, body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;

@@ -26,7 +24,12 @@ html, body, #root {
 }

 a {
-  color: canvastext;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  color: #646cff;
+  text-decoration: inherit;
+}
+a:hover {
+  color: #535bf2;
 }

 h1 {
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ button {
  transition: border-color 0.25s;
 }
 button:hover {
-  border-color: var(--accent-color);
+  border-color: #646cff;
 }
 button:focus,
 button:focus-visible {
@@ -57,8 +60,9 @@ button:focus-visible {
  :root {
    color: #213547;
    background-color: #ffffff;
-
-    --accent-color: #00AAAA;
+  }
+  a:hover {
+    color: #747bff;
  }
  button {
    background-color: #f9f9f9;
--- a/src/pages/ConnectedRobots/ConnectedRobots.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/ConnectedRobots/ConnectedRobots.tsx
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
-
-/**
- * Displays the current connection status of a robot in real time.
- *
- * Opens an SSE connection to the backend (`/robot/ping_stream`) that emits
- * simple boolean JSON messages (`true` or `false`). Updates automatically when
- * the robot connects or disconnects.
- *
- * @returns A React element showing the current robot connection status.
- */
-export default function ConnectedRobots() {
-  
-  /**
-   * The current connection state:
-   * - `true`: Robot is connected.
-   * - `false`: Robot is not connected.
-   * - `null`: Connection status is unknown (initial check in progress).
-   */
-  const [connected, setConnected] = useState<boolean | null>(null);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // Open a Server-Sent Events (SSE) connection to receive live ping updates.
-    // We're expecting a stream of data like that looks like this: `data = False` or `data = True`
-    const eventSource = new EventSource("http://localhost:8000/robot/ping_stream");
-    eventSource.onmessage = (event) => {
-    
-      // Expecting messages in JSON format: `true` or `false`
-      console.log("received message:", event.data);
-      try {
-        const data = JSON.parse(event.data);
-
-        try {
-          setConnected(data)
-        }
-        catch {
-          console.log("couldnt extract connected from incoming ping data")
-        }
-
-      } catch {
-        console.log("Ping message not in correct format:", event.data);
-      }
-    };
-
-    // Clean up the SSE connection when the component unmounts.
-    return () => eventSource.close();
-  }, []);
-
-  return (
-    <div>
-      <h1>Is robot currently connected?</h1>
-      <div>
-        <h2>Robot is currently: {connected == null ? "checking..." : (connected ? "connected! 🟢" : "not connected... 🔴")} </h2>
-        <h3>
-          {connected == null ? "If checking continues, make sure CB is properly loaded with robot at least once." : ""}
-        </h3>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  );
-}
--- a/src/pages/Home/Home.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Home/Home.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@ import { Link } from 'react-router'
 import pepperLogo from '../../assets/pepper_transp2_small.svg'
 import styles from './Home.module.css'

-/**
- * The home page component providing navigation and project branding.
- *
- * Renders the Pepper logo and a set of navigational links 
- * implemented via React Router.
- *
- * @returns A JSX element representing the app’s home page.
- */
 function Home() {
  return (
    <div className={`flex-col ${styles.gapXl}`}>
@@ -22,7 +14,6 @@ function Home() {
        <Link to={"/robot"}>Robot Interaction →</Link>
        <Link to={"/editor"}>Editor →</Link>
        <Link to={"/template"}>Template →</Link>
-        <Link to={"/ConnectedRobots"}>Connected Robots →</Link>
      </div>
    </div>
  )
--- a/src/pages/Robot/Robot.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Robot/Robot.tsx
@@ -1,37 +1,16 @@
 import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'

-/**
- * Displays a live robot interaction panel with user input, conversation history,
- * and real-time updates from the robot backend via Server-Sent Events (SSE).
- *
- * @returns A React element rendering the interactive robot UI.
- */
 export default function Robot() {
-  /** The text message currently entered by the user. */
  const [message, setMessage] = useState('');

-  /** Whether the robot’s microphone or listening mode is currently active. */
  const [listening, setListening] = useState(false);
-  /** The ongoing conversation history as a sequence of user/assistant messages. */
-  const [conversation, setConversation] = useState<
-  {"role": "user" | "assistant", "content": string}[]>([])
-  /** Reference to the scrollable conversation container for auto-scrolling. */
+  const [conversation, setConversation] = useState<{ "role": "user" | "assistant", "content": string }[]>([])
  const conversationRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
-  /**
-   * Index used to force refresh the SSE connection or clear conversation.
-   * Incrementing this value triggers a reset of the live data stream.
-   */
  const [conversationIndex, setConversationIndex] = useState(0);

-  /**
-   * Sends a message to the robot backend.
-   *
-   * Makes a POST request to `/message` with the user’s text.
-   * The backend may respond with confirmation or error information.
-   */
  const sendMessage = async () => {
    try {
-      const response = await fetch("http://localhost:8000/message", {
+      const response = await fetch(`${process.env.BACKEND_ADDRESS}/message`, {
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
@@ -45,19 +24,8 @@ export default function Robot() {
    }
  };

-   /**
-   * Establishes a persistent Server-Sent Events (SSE) connection
-   * to receive real-time updates from the robot backend.
-   *
-   * Handles three event types:
-   * - `voice_active`: whether the robot is currently listening.
-   * - `speech`: recognized user speech input.
-   * - `llm_response`: the robot’s language model-generated reply.
-   *
-   * The connection resets whenever `conversationIndex` changes.
-   */
  useEffect(() => {
-    const eventSource = new EventSource("http://localhost:8000/sse");
+    const eventSource = new EventSource(`${process.env.BACKEND_ADDRESS}/sse`);

    eventSource.onmessage = (event) => {
      try {
@@ -75,10 +43,6 @@ export default function Robot() {
    };
  }, [conversationIndex]);

-  /**
-   * Automatically scrolls the conversation view to the bottom
-   * whenever a new message is added.
-   */
  useEffect(() => {
    if (!conversationRef || !conversationRef.current) return;
    conversationRef.current.scrollTop = conversationRef.current.scrollHeight;
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.module.css
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.module.css
@@ -1,12 +1,26 @@
 /* editor UI */

+.outer-editor-container {
+    margin-inline: auto;
+    display: flex;
+    justify-self: center;
+    padding: 10px;
+    align-items: center;
+    width: 80vw;
+    height: 80vh;
+}
+
 .inner-editor-container {
-    box-sizing: border-box;
-    margin: 1rem;
-    width: calc(100% - 2rem);
+    outline-style: solid;
+    border-radius: 10pt;
+    width: 90%;
    height: 100%;
 }

+
+
+
+
 .dnd-panel {
    margin-inline-start: auto;
    margin-inline-end: auto;
@@ -41,32 +55,34 @@
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.75rem black);
 }

-.node-norm {
-    outline: rgb(0, 149, 25) solid 2pt;
+.default-node-norm {
+    padding: 10px 15px;
+    background-color: canvas;
+    border-radius: 5pt;
+    outline: forestgreen solid 2pt;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem forestgreen);
 }

-.node-goal {
-    outline: yellow solid 2pt;
-    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem yellow);
-}
-
-.node-trigger {
-    outline: teal solid 2pt;
-    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem teal);
-}
-
-.node-phase {
+.default-node-phase {
+    padding: 10px 15px;
+    background-color: canvas;
+    border-radius: 5pt;
    outline: dodgerblue solid 2pt;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem dodgerblue);
 }

-.node-start {
+.default-node-start {
+    padding: 10px 15px;
+    background-color: canvas;
+    border-radius: 5pt;
    outline: orange solid 2pt;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem orange);
 }

-.node-end {
+.default-node-end {
+    padding: 10px 15px;
+    background-color: canvas;
+    border-radius: 5pt;
    outline: red solid 2pt;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem red);
 }
@@ -87,22 +103,6 @@
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem forestgreen);
 }

-.draggable-node-goal {
-    padding: 3px 10px;
-    background-color: canvas;
-    border-radius: 5pt;
-    outline: yellow solid 2pt;
-    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem yellow);
-}
-
-.draggable-node-trigger {
-    padding: 3px 10px;
-    background-color: canvas;
-    border-radius: 5pt;
-    outline: teal solid 2pt;
-    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem teal);
-}
-
 .draggable-node-phase {
    padding: 3px 10px;
    background-color: canvas;
@@ -126,3 +126,4 @@
    outline: red solid 2pt;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem red);
 }
+
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.tsx
@@ -7,17 +7,31 @@ import {
  MarkerType,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';
-import {useEffect} from "react";
 import {useShallow} from 'zustand/react/shallow';
+
+import {
+  StartNodeComponent,
+  EndNodeComponent,
+  PhaseNodeComponent,
+  NormNodeComponent
+} from './visualProgrammingUI/components/NodeDefinitions.tsx';
 import {DndToolbar} from './visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx';
+import graphReducer from "./visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducer.ts";
 import useFlowStore from './visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx';
 import type {FlowState} from './visualProgrammingUI/VisProgTypes.tsx';
 import styles from './VisProg.module.css'
-import { NodeReduces, NodeTypes } from './visualProgrammingUI/NodeRegistry.ts';
-import SaveLoadPanel from './visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.tsx';

 // --| config starting params for flow |--

+/**
+ * contains the types of all nodes that are available in the editor
+ */
+const NODE_TYPES = {
+  start: StartNodeComponent,
+  end: EndNodeComponent,
+  phase: PhaseNodeComponent,
+  norm: NormNodeComponent
+};

 /**
 * defines how the default edge looks inside the editor
@@ -39,16 +53,11 @@ const selector = (state: FlowState) => ({
  nodes: state.nodes,
  edges: state.edges,
  onNodesChange: state.onNodesChange,
-  onEdgesDelete: state.onEdgesDelete,
  onEdgesChange: state.onEdgesChange,
  onConnect: state.onConnect,
  onReconnectStart: state.onReconnectStart,
  onReconnectEnd: state.onReconnectEnd,
-  onReconnect: state.onReconnect,
-  undo: state.undo,
-  redo: state.redo,
-  beginBatchAction: state.beginBatchAction,
-  endBatchAction: state.endBatchAction
+  onReconnect: state.onReconnect
 });

 // --| define ReactFlow editor |--
@@ -63,44 +72,27 @@ const VisProgUI = () => {
  const {
    nodes, edges,
    onNodesChange,
-    onEdgesDelete,
    onEdgesChange,
    onConnect,
    onReconnect,
    onReconnectStart,
-    onReconnectEnd,
-    undo,
-    redo,
-    beginBatchAction,
-    endBatchAction
+    onReconnectEnd
  } = useFlowStore(useShallow(selector)); // instructs the editor to use the corresponding functions from the FlowStore

-  // adds ctrl+z and ctrl+y support to respectively undo and redo actions
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const handler = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
-      if (e.ctrlKey && e.key === 'z') undo();
-      if (e.ctrlKey && e.key === 'y') redo();
-    };
-    window.addEventListener('keydown', handler);
-    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', handler);
-  });
-
  return (
-    <div className={`${styles.innerEditorContainer} round-lg border-lg`}>
+    <div className={styles.outerEditorContainer}>
+      <div className={styles.innerEditorContainer}>
        <ReactFlow
          nodes={nodes}
          edges={edges}
          defaultEdgeOptions={DEFAULT_EDGE_OPTIONS}
-        nodeTypes={NodeTypes}
+          nodeTypes={NODE_TYPES}
          onNodesChange={onNodesChange}
-        onEdgesDelete={onEdgesDelete}
          onEdgesChange={onEdgesChange}
          onReconnect={onReconnect}
          onReconnectStart={onReconnectStart}
          onReconnectEnd={onReconnectEnd}
          onConnect={onConnect}
-        onNodeDragStart={beginBatchAction}
-        onNodeDragStop={endBatchAction}
          snapToGrid
          fitView
          proOptions={{hideAttribution: true}}
@@ -108,20 +100,15 @@ const VisProgUI = () => {
          <Panel position="top-center" className={styles.dndPanel}>
            <DndToolbar/> {/* contains the drag and drop panel for nodes */}
          </Panel>
-          <Panel position = "bottom-left" className={styles.saveLoadPanel}>
-            <SaveLoadPanel></SaveLoadPanel>
-          </Panel>
-        <Panel position="bottom-center">
-          <button onClick={() => undo()}>undo</button>
-          <button onClick={() => redo()}>Redo</button>
-        </Panel>
          <Controls/>
          <Background/>
        </ReactFlow>
      </div>
+    </div>
  );
 };

+
 /**
 * Places the VisProgUI component inside a ReactFlowProvider
 *
@@ -139,33 +126,8 @@ function VisualProgrammingUI() {

 // currently outputs the prepared program to the console
 function runProgram() {
-  const phases = graphReducer();
-  const program = {phases}
-  console.log(JSON.stringify(program, null, 2));
-  fetch(
-    "http://localhost:8000/program",
-    {
-      method: "POST",
-      headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
-      body: JSON.stringify(program),
-    }
-  ).then((res) => {
-    if (!res.ok) throw new Error("Failed communicating with the backend.")
-    console.log("Successfully sent the program to the backend.");
-  }).catch(() => console.log("Failed to send program to the backend."));
-}
-
-/**
- * Reduces the graph into its phases' information and recursively calls their reducing function
- */ 
-function graphReducer() {
-  const { nodes } = useFlowStore.getState();
-  return nodes
-    .filter((n) => n.type == 'phase')
-    .map((n) => {
-      const reducer = NodeReduces['phase'];
-      return reducer(n, nodes)
-    }); 
+  const program = graphReducer();
+  console.log(program);
 }

 /**
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/EditorUndoRedo.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/EditorUndoRedo.ts
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-import type {Edge, Node} from "@xyflow/react";
-import type {StateCreator, StoreApi } from 'zustand/vanilla';
-import type {FlowState} from "./VisProgTypes.tsx";
-
-export type FlowSnapshot = {
-  nodes: Node[];
-  edges: Edge[];
-}
-
-/**
- * A reduced version of the flowState type,
- * This removes the functions that are provided by UndoRedo from the expected input type
- */
-type BaseFlowState = Omit<FlowState, 'undo' | 'redo' | 'pushSnapshot' | 'beginBatchAction' | 'endBatchAction'>;
-
-
-/**
- * UndoRedo is implemented as a middleware for the FlowState store,
- * this allows us to keep the undo redo logic separate from the flowState,
- * and thus from the internal editor logic
- *
- * Allows users to undo and redo actions in the visual programming editor
- *
- * @param {(set: StoreApi<FlowState>["setState"], get: () => FlowState, api: StoreApi<FlowState>) => BaseFlowState} config
- * @returns {StateCreator<FlowState>}
- * @constructor
- */
-export const UndoRedo = (
-  config: (
-    set: StoreApi<FlowState>['setState'],
-    get: () => FlowState,
-    api: StoreApi<FlowState>
-  ) => BaseFlowState ) : StateCreator<FlowState> => (set, get, api) => {
-  let batchTimeout: number | null = null;
-
-  /**
-   * Captures the current state for
-   *
-   * @param {BaseFlowState} state - the current state of the editor
-   * @returns {FlowSnapshot} - returns a snapshot of the current editor state
-   */
-  const getSnapshot = (state : BaseFlowState) : FlowSnapshot => ({
-    nodes: state.nodes,
-    edges: state.edges
-  });
-
-  const initialState = config(set, get, api);
-
-  return {
-    ...initialState,
-
-    /**
-     *  Adds a snapshot of the current state to the undo history
-     */
-    pushSnapshot: () => {
-      const state = get();
-      // we don't add new snapshots during an ongoing batch action
-      if (!state.isBatchAction) {
-        set({
-          past: [...state.past, getSnapshot(state)],
-          future: []
-        });
-      }
-
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * Undoes the last action from the editor,
-     * The state before undoing is added to the future for potential redoing
-     */
-    undo: () => {
-      const state = get();
-      if (!state.past.length) return;
-
-      const snapshot = state.past.pop()!; // pop last snapshot
-      const currentSnapshot: FlowSnapshot = getSnapshot(state);
-
-      set({
-        nodes: snapshot.nodes,
-        edges: snapshot.edges,
-      });
-
-      state.future.push(currentSnapshot); // push current to redo
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * redoes the last undone action,
-     * The state before redoing is added to the past for potential undoing
-     */
-    redo: () => {
-      const state = get();
-      if (!state.future.length) return;
-
-      const snapshot = state.future.pop()!; // pop last redo
-      const currentSnapshot: FlowSnapshot = getSnapshot(state);
-
-      set({
-        nodes: snapshot.nodes,
-        edges: snapshot.edges,
-      });
-
-      state.past.push(currentSnapshot); // push current to undo
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * Begins a batched action
-     *
-     * An example of a batched action is dragging a node in the editor,
-     * where we want the entire action of moving a node to a different position
-     * to be covered by one undoable snapshot
-     */
-    beginBatchAction: () => {
-      get().pushSnapshot();
-      set({ isBatchAction: true });
-      if (batchTimeout) clearTimeout(batchTimeout);
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * Ends a batched action,
-     * a very short timeout is used to prevent new snapshots from being added
-     * until we are certain that the batch event is finished
-     */
-    endBatchAction: () => {
-      batchTimeout = window.setTimeout(() => {
-        set({ isBatchAction: false });
-      }, 10);
-    }
-  }
-}
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducer.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+import {
+  type Edge,
+  getIncomers,
+  getOutgoers
+} from '@xyflow/react';
+import useFlowStore from "./VisProgStores.tsx";
+import type {
+  BehaviorProgram,
+  GoalData,
+  GoalReducer,
+  GraphPreprocessor,
+  NormData,
+  NormReducer,
+  OrderedPhases,
+  Phase,
+  PhaseReducer,
+  PreparedGraph,
+  PreparedPhase
+} from "./GraphReducerTypes.ts";
+import type {
+  AppNode,
+  GoalNode,
+  NormNode,
+  PhaseNode
+} from "./VisProgTypes.tsx";
+
+/**
+ * Reduces the current graph inside the visual programming editor into a BehaviorProgram
+ *
+ * @param {GraphPreprocessor} graphPreprocessor
+ * @param {PhaseReducer} phaseReducer
+ * @param {NormReducer} normReducer
+ * @param {GoalReducer} goalReducer
+ * @returns {BehaviorProgram}
+ */
+export default function graphReducer(
+  graphPreprocessor: GraphPreprocessor = defaultGraphPreprocessor,
+  phaseReducer: PhaseReducer = defaultPhaseReducer,
+  normReducer: NormReducer = defaultNormReducer,
+  goalReducer: GoalReducer = defaultGoalReducer
+) : BehaviorProgram {
+  const nodes: AppNode[] = useFlowStore.getState().nodes;
+  const edges: Edge[] = useFlowStore.getState().edges;
+  const preparedGraph: PreparedGraph = graphPreprocessor(nodes, edges);
+
+  return preparedGraph.map((preparedPhase: PreparedPhase) : Phase =>
+    phaseReducer(
+      preparedPhase,
+      normReducer,
+      goalReducer
+    ));
+};
+
+/**
+ * reduces a single preparedPhase to a Phase object
+ * the Phase object describes a single phase in a BehaviorProgram
+ *
+ * @param {PreparedPhase} phase
+ * @param {NormReducer} normReducer
+ * @param {GoalReducer} goalReducer
+ * @returns {Phase}
+ */
+export function defaultPhaseReducer(
+  phase: PreparedPhase,
+  normReducer: NormReducer = defaultNormReducer,
+  goalReducer: GoalReducer = defaultGoalReducer
+) : Phase {
+  return {
+    id: phase.phaseNode.id,
+    name: phase.phaseNode.data.label,
+    nextPhaseId: phase.nextPhaseId,
+    phaseData: {
+      norms: phase.connectedNorms.map(normReducer),
+      goals: phase.connectedGoals.map(goalReducer)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * the default implementation of the goalNode reducer function
+ *
+ * @param {GoalNode} node
+ * @returns {GoalData}
+ */
+function defaultGoalReducer(node: GoalNode) : GoalData {
+  return {
+    id: node.id,
+    name: node.data.label,
+    value: node.data.value
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * the default implementation of the normNode reducer function
+ *
+ * @param {NormNode} node
+ * @returns {NormData}
+ */
+function defaultNormReducer(node: NormNode) :NormData {
+  return {
+    id: node.id,
+    name: node.data.label,
+    value: node.data.value
+  }
+}
+
+// Graph preprocessing functions:
+
+/**
+ * Preprocesses the provide state of the behavior editor graph, preparing it for further processing in
+ * the graphReducer function
+ *
+ * @param {AppNode[]} nodes
+ * @param {Edge[]} edges
+ * @returns {PreparedGraph}
+ */
+export function defaultGraphPreprocessor(nodes: AppNode[], edges: Edge[]) : PreparedGraph {
+  const norms : NormNode[] = nodes.filter((node) => node.type === 'norm') as NormNode[];
+  const goals : GoalNode[] = nodes.filter((node) => node.type === 'goal') as GoalNode[];
+  const orderedPhases : OrderedPhases = orderPhases(nodes, edges);
+
+  return orderedPhases.phaseNodes.map((phase: PhaseNode) : PreparedPhase => {
+    const nextPhase = orderedPhases.connections.get(phase.id);
+      return {
+        phaseNode: phase,
+        nextPhaseId: nextPhase as string,
+        connectedNorms: getIncomers({id: phase.id}, norms,edges),
+        connectedGoals: getIncomers({id: phase.id}, goals,edges)
+      };
+    });
+}
+
+/**
+ * orderPhases takes the state of the graph created by the editor and turns it into an OrderedPhases object.
+ *
+ * @param {AppNode[]} nodes
+ * @param {Edge[]} edges
+ * @returns {OrderedPhases}
+ */
+export function orderPhases(nodes: AppNode[],edges: Edge[]) : OrderedPhases {
+  // find the first Phase node
+  const phaseNodes : PhaseNode[] = nodes.filter((node) => node.type === 'phase') as PhaseNode[];
+  const startNodeIndex = nodes.findIndex((node : AppNode):boolean  => {return (node.type === 'start');});
+  const firstPhaseNode = getOutgoers({ id: nodes[startNodeIndex].id },phaseNodes,edges);
+
+  // recursively adds the phase nodes to a list in the order they are connected in the graph
+  const nextPhase  = (
+    currentIndex: number,
+    { phaseNodes: phases, connections: connections} : OrderedPhases
+  ) : OrderedPhases => {
+    // get the current phase and the next phases;
+    const currentPhase = phases[currentIndex];
+    const nextPhaseNodes = getOutgoers(currentPhase,phaseNodes,edges);
+    const nextNodes = getOutgoers(currentPhase,nodes, edges);
+
+    // handles adding of the next phase to the chain, and error handle if an invalid state is received
+    if (nextPhaseNodes.length === 1 && nextNodes.length === 1) {
+      connections.set(currentPhase.id, nextPhaseNodes[0].id);
+      return nextPhase(phases.push(nextPhaseNodes[0] as PhaseNode) - 1, {phaseNodes: phases, connections: connections});
+    } else {
+      // handle erroneous states
+      if (nextNodes.length === 0){
+        throw new Error(`| INVALID PROGRAM | the source handle of "${currentPhase.id}" doesn't have any outgoing connections`);
+      } else {
+        if (nextNodes.length > 1) {
+          throw new Error(`| INVALID PROGRAM | the source handle of "${currentPhase.id}" connects to too many targets`);
+        } else {
+          if (nextNodes[0].type === "end"){
+            connections.set(currentPhase.id, "end");
+            // returns the final output of the function
+            return { phaseNodes: phases, connections: connections};
+          } else {
+            throw new Error(`| INVALID PROGRAM | the node "${nextNodes[0].id}" that "${currentPhase.id}" connects to is not a phase or end node`);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  // initializes the Map describing the connections between phase nodes
+  // we need this Map to make sure we preserve this information,
+  // so we don't need to do checks on the entire set of edges in further stages of the reduction algorithm
+  const connections : Map<string, string> = new Map();
+
+  // returns an empty list if no phase nodes are present, otherwise returns an ordered list of phaseNodes
+  if (firstPhaseNode.length > 0) {
+      return nextPhase(0, {phaseNodes: [firstPhaseNode[0] as PhaseNode], connections: connections})
+  } else { return {phaseNodes: [], connections: connections} }
+}
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducerTypes.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducerTypes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import type {Edge} from "@xyflow/react";
+import type {AppNode, GoalNode, NormNode, PhaseNode} from "./VisProgTypes.tsx";
+
+
+/**
+ * defines how a norm is represented in the simplified behavior program
+  */
+export type NormData = {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  value: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * defines how a goal is represented in the simplified behavior program
+ */
+export type GoalData = {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  value: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * definition of a PhaseData object, it contains all phaseData that is relevant
+ * for further processing and execution of a phase.
+ */
+export type PhaseData = {
+  norms: NormData[];
+  goals: GoalData[];
+};
+
+/**
+ * Describes a single phase within the simplified representation of a behavior program,
+ *
+ * Contains:
+ * - the id of the described phase,
+ * - the name of the described phase,
+ * - the id of the next phase in the user defined behavior program
+ * - the data property of the described phase node
+ *
+ * @NOTE at the moment the type definitions do not support branching programs,
+ * if branching of phases is to be supported in the future, the type definition for Phase has to be updated
+ */
+export type Phase = {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  nextPhaseId: string;
+  phaseData: PhaseData;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Describes a simplified behavior program as a list of Phase objects
+ */
+export type BehaviorProgram = Phase[];
+
+
+
+export type NormReducer = (node: NormNode) => NormData;
+export type GoalReducer = (node: GoalNode) => GoalData;
+export type PhaseReducer = (
+  preparedPhase: PreparedPhase,
+  normReducer: NormReducer,
+  goalReducer: GoalReducer
+) => Phase;
+
+/**
+ * contains:
+ *
+ * - list of phases, sorted based on position in chain between the start and end node
+ * - a dictionary containing all outgoing connections,
+ * to other phase or end nodes, for each phase node uses the id of the source node as key
+ * and the id of the target node as value
+ *
+ */
+export type OrderedPhases = {
+  phaseNodes: PhaseNode[];
+  connections: Map<string, string>;
+};
+
+/**
+ * A single prepared phase,
+ * contains:
+ * - the described phaseNode,
+ * - the id of the next phaseNode or "end" for the end node
+ * - a list of the normNodes that are connected to the described phase
+ * - a list of the goalNodes that are connected to the described phase
+ */
+export type PreparedPhase = {
+  phaseNode: PhaseNode;
+  nextPhaseId: string;
+  connectedNorms: NormNode[];
+  connectedGoals: GoalNode[];
+};
+
+/**
+ * a list of PreparedPhase objects,
+ * describes the preprocessed state of a program,
+ * before the contents of the node
+ */
+export type PreparedGraph = PreparedPhase[];
+
+export type GraphPreprocessor = (nodes: AppNode[], edges: Edge[]) => PreparedGraph;
+
+
+
+
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/NodeRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/NodeRegistry.ts
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-import EndNode, {
-  EndConnectionTarget,
-  EndConnectionSource,
-  EndDisconnectionTarget,
-  EndDisconnectionSource,
-  EndReduce
-} from "./nodes/EndNode";
-import { EndNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/EndNode.default";
-import StartNode, {
-  StartConnectionTarget,
-  StartConnectionSource,
-  StartDisconnectionTarget,
-  StartDisconnectionSource,
-  StartReduce
-} from "./nodes/StartNode";
-import { StartNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/StartNode.default";
-import PhaseNode, {
-  PhaseConnectionTarget,
-  PhaseConnectionSource,
-  PhaseDisconnectionTarget,
-  PhaseDisconnectionSource,
-  PhaseReduce
-} from "./nodes/PhaseNode";
-import { PhaseNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/PhaseNode.default";
-import NormNode, {
-  NormConnectionTarget,
-  NormConnectionSource,
-  NormDisconnectionTarget,
-  NormDisconnectionSource,
-  NormReduce
-} from "./nodes/NormNode";
-import { NormNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/NormNode.default";
-import GoalNode, {
-  GoalConnectionTarget,
-  GoalConnectionSource,
-  GoalDisconnectionTarget,
-  GoalDisconnectionSource,
-  GoalReduce
-} from "./nodes/GoalNode";
-import { GoalNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/GoalNode.default";
-import TriggerNode, {
-  TriggerConnectionTarget,
-  TriggerConnectionSource,
-  TriggerDisconnectionTarget,
-  TriggerDisconnectionSource,
-  TriggerReduce
-} from "./nodes/TriggerNode";
-import { TriggerNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/TriggerNode.default";
-
-/**
- * Registered node types in the visual programming system.
- * 
- * Key: the node type string used in the flow graph.
- * Value: the corresponding React component for rendering the node.
- */
-export const NodeTypes = {
-  start: StartNode,
-  end: EndNode,
-  phase: PhaseNode,
-  norm: NormNode,
-  goal: GoalNode,
-  trigger: TriggerNode,
-};
-
-/**
- * Default data and settings for each node type.
- * These are defined in the <node>.default.ts files.
- * These defaults are used when a new node is created to initialize its properties.
- */
-export const NodeDefaults = {
-  start: StartNodeDefaults,
-  end: EndNodeDefaults,
-  phase: PhaseNodeDefaults,
-  norm: NormNodeDefaults,
-  goal: GoalNodeDefaults,
-  trigger: TriggerNodeDefaults,
-};
-
-
-/**
- * Reduce functions for each node type.
- * 
- * A reduce function extracts the relevant data from a node and its children.
- * Used during graph evaluation or export.
- */
-export const NodeReduces = {
-  start: StartReduce,
-  end: EndReduce,
-  phase: PhaseReduce,
-  norm: NormReduce,
-  goal: GoalReduce,
-  trigger: TriggerReduce,
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Connection functions for each node type.
- * 
- * These functions define any additional actions a node may perform
- * when a new connection is made
- */
-export const NodeConnections = {
-  Targets: {
-    start: StartConnectionTarget,
-    end: EndConnectionTarget,
-    phase: PhaseConnectionTarget,
-    norm: NormConnectionTarget,
-    goal: GoalConnectionTarget,
-    trigger: TriggerConnectionTarget,
-  },
-  Sources: {
-    start: StartConnectionSource,
-    end: EndConnectionSource,
-    phase: PhaseConnectionSource,
-    norm: NormConnectionSource,
-    goal: GoalConnectionSource,
-    trigger: TriggerConnectionSource,
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Disconnection functions for each node type.
- *
- * These functions define any additional actions a node may perform
- * when a connection is disconnected
- */
-export const NodeDisconnections = {
-  Targets: {
-    start: StartDisconnectionTarget,
-    end: EndDisconnectionTarget,
-    phase: PhaseDisconnectionTarget,
-    norm: NormDisconnectionTarget,
-    goal: GoalDisconnectionTarget,
-    trigger: TriggerDisconnectionTarget,
-  },
-  Sources: {
-    start: StartDisconnectionSource,
-    end: EndDisconnectionSource,
-    phase: PhaseDisconnectionSource,
-    norm: NormDisconnectionSource,
-    goal: GoalDisconnectionSource,
-    trigger: TriggerDisconnectionSource,
-  },
-}
-
-/**
- * Defines whether a node type can be deleted.
- * 
- * Returns a function per node type. Nodes not explicitly listed are deletable by default.
- */
-export const NodeDeletes = {
-  start: () => false,
-  end: () => false,
-  test: () => false, // Used for coverage of universal/ undefined nodes
-}
-
-/**
- * Defines which node types are considered variables in a phase node.
- * 
- * Any node type not listed here is automatically treated as part of a phase.
- * This allows the system to dynamically group nodes under a phase node.
- */
-export const NodesInPhase = {
-  start: () => false,
-  end: () => false,
-  phase: () => false,
-  test: () => false, // Used for coverage of universal/ undefined nodes
-}
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx
@@ -3,227 +3,114 @@ import {
  applyNodeChanges,
  applyEdgeChanges,
  addEdge,
-  reconnectEdge,
-  type Node,
-  type Edge,
-  type XYPosition,
+  reconnectEdge, type Edge, type Connection
 } from '@xyflow/react';
-import type { FlowState } from './VisProgTypes';
-import {
-  NodeDefaults,
-  NodeConnections as NodeCs,
-  NodeDisconnections as NodeDs,
-  NodeDeletes
-} from './NodeRegistry';
-import { UndoRedo } from "./EditorUndoRedo.ts";

+import {type FlowState} from './VisProgTypes.tsx';

 /**
- * A Function to create a new node with the correct default data and properties.
- *
- * @param id - The unique ID of the node.
- * @param type - The type of node to create (must exist in NodeDefaults).
- * @param position - The XY position of the node in the flow canvas.
- * @param data - The data object to initialize the node with.
- * @param deletable - Optional flag to indicate if the node can be deleted (can be deleted by default).
- * @returns A fully initialized Node object ready to be added to the flow.
+ * contains the nodes that are created when the editor is loaded,
+ * should contain at least a start and an end node
 */
-function createNode(id: string, type: string, position: XYPosition, data: Record<string, unknown>, deletable? : boolean) {
-  const defaultData = NodeDefaults[type as keyof typeof NodeDefaults]
-  const newData = {
-      id: id,
-      type: type,
-      position: position,
-      data: data,
-      deletable: deletable,
+const initialNodes = [
+  {
+    id: 'start',
+    type: 'start',
+    position: {x: 0, y: 0},
+    data: {label: 'start'}
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'phase-1',
+    type: 'phase',
+    position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+    data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'end',
+    type: 'end',
+    position: {x: 0, y: 300},
+    data: {label: 'End'}
  }
-  return {...defaultData, ...newData}
-}
-
-//* Initial nodes, created by using createNode. */
-const initialNodes : Node[] = [
-    createNode('start', 'start', {x: 100, y: 100}, {label: "Start"}, false),
-    createNode('end', 'end', {x: 500, y: 100}, {label: "End"}, false),
-    createNode('phase-1', 'phase',  {x:200, y:100}, {label: "Phase 1", children : []}),
-    createNode('norms-1', 'norm',  {x:-200, y:100}, {label: "Initial Norms", normList: ["Be a robot", "get good"], critical:false}),     
 ];

-// * Initial edges * /
-const initialEdges: Edge[] = [
-  { id: 'start-phase-1', source: 'start', target: 'phase-1' },
-  { id: 'phase-1-end', source: 'phase-1', target: 'end' },
-];
-
-
 /**
- * useFlowStore contains the implementation for all editor functionality
- * and stores the current state of the visual programming editor
- *
- *  * Provides:
- * - Node and edge state management
- * - Node creation, deletion, and updates
- * - Custom connection handling via NodeConnects
- * - Edge reconnection handling
- * - Undo Redo functionality through custom middleware
+ * contains the initial edges that are created when the editor is loaded
 */
-const useFlowStore = create<FlowState>(UndoRedo((set, get) => ({
+const initialEdges = [
+  {
+    id: 'start-phase-1',
+    source: 'start',
+    target: 'phase-1',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'phase-1-end',
+    source: 'phase-1',
+    target: 'end',
+  }
+];
+
+/**
+ * The useFlowStore hook contains the implementation for editor functionality and state
+ * we can use this inside our editor component to access the current state
+ * and use any implemented functionality
+ */
+const useFlowStore = create<FlowState>((set, get) => ({
    nodes: initialNodes,
    edges: initialEdges,
    edgeReconnectSuccessful: true,
-
-   /**
-   * Handles changes to nodes triggered by ReactFlow.
-   */
-  onNodesChange: (changes) => set({nodes: applyNodeChanges(changes, get().nodes)}),
-
-  onEdgesDelete: (edges) => {
-
-    // we make sure any affected nodes get updated to reflect removal of edges
-    edges.forEach((edge) => {
-        const nodes = get().nodes;
-
-        const sourceNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == edge.source);
-        const targetNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == edge.target);
-
-        if (sourceNode) { NodeDs.Sources[sourceNode.type as keyof typeof NodeDs.Sources](sourceNode, edge.target); }
-        if (targetNode) { NodeDs.Targets[targetNode.type as keyof typeof NodeDs.Targets](targetNode, edge.source); }
+    onNodesChange: (changes) => {
+      set({
+        nodes: applyNodeChanges(changes, get().nodes)
      });
    },
-  /**
-   * Handles changes to edges triggered by ReactFlow.
-   */
    onEdgesChange: (changes) => {
-    set({ edges: applyEdgeChanges(changes, get().edges) })
+      set({
+        edges: applyEdgeChanges(changes, get().edges)
+      });
    },
-
-  /**
-   * Handles creating a new connection between nodes.
-   * Updates edges and calls the node-specific connection functions.
-   */
+    // handles connection of newly created edges
    onConnect: (connection) => {
-    get().pushSnapshot();
-    set({edges: addEdge(connection, get().edges)});
-
-    // We make sure to perform any required data updates on the newly connected nodes
-    const nodes = get().nodes;
-
-    const sourceNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == connection.source);
-    const targetNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == connection.target);
-
-    if (sourceNode) { NodeCs.Sources[sourceNode.type as keyof typeof NodeCs.Sources](sourceNode, connection.target); }
-    if (targetNode) { NodeCs.Targets[targetNode.type as keyof typeof NodeCs.Targets](targetNode, connection.source); }
+      set({
+        edges: addEdge(connection, get().edges)
+      });
    },
-
-  /**
-   * Handles reconnecting an edge between nodes.
-   */
-  onReconnect: (oldEdge, newConnection) => {
+    // handles attempted reconnections of a previously disconnected edge
+    onReconnect: (oldEdge: Edge, newConnection: Connection) => {
      get().edgeReconnectSuccessful = true;
-    set({ edges: reconnectEdge(oldEdge, newConnection, get().edges) });
-
-    // We make sure to perform any required data updates on the newly reconnected nodes
-    const nodes = get().nodes;
-
-    const oldSourceNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == oldEdge.source)!;
-    const oldTargetNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == oldEdge.target)!;
-    const newSourceNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == newConnection.source)!;
-    const newTargetNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == newConnection.target)!;
-
-    if (oldSourceNode === newSourceNode && oldTargetNode === newTargetNode) return;
-
-    NodeCs.Sources[newSourceNode.type as keyof typeof NodeCs.Sources](newSourceNode, newConnection.target);
-    NodeCs.Targets[newTargetNode.type as keyof typeof NodeCs.Targets](newTargetNode, newConnection.source);
-
-    NodeDs.Sources[oldSourceNode.type as keyof typeof NodeDs.Sources](oldSourceNode, oldEdge.target);
-    NodeDs.Targets[oldTargetNode.type as keyof typeof NodeDs.Targets](oldTargetNode, oldEdge.source);
+      set({
+        edges: reconnectEdge(oldEdge, newConnection, get().edges)
+      });
    },
-
+    // Handles initiation of reconnection of edges that are manually disconnected from a node
    onReconnectStart: () => {
-    get().pushSnapshot();
-    set({ edgeReconnectSuccessful: false })
+      set({
+        edgeReconnectSuccessful: false
+      });
    },
-
-  /**
-   * handles potential dropping (deleting) of an edge
-   * if it is not reconnected to a node after detaching it
-   *
-   * @param _evt - the event
-   * @param edge - the described edge
-   */
-  onReconnectEnd: (_evt, edge) => {
+    // Drops the edge from the set of edges, removing it from the flow, if no successful reconnection occurred
+    onReconnectEnd: (_: unknown, edge: { id: string; }) => {
      if (!get().edgeReconnectSuccessful) {
-      // delete the edge from the flowState
-      set({ edges: get().edges.filter((e) => e.id !== edge.id) });
-
-      // update node data to reflect the dropped edge
-      const nodes = get().nodes;
-
-      const sourceNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == edge.source)!;
-      const targetNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == edge.target)!;
-
-      NodeDs.Sources[sourceNode.type as keyof typeof NodeDs.Sources](sourceNode, edge.target);
-      NodeDs.Targets[targetNode.type as keyof typeof NodeDs.Targets](targetNode, edge.source);
+        set({
+          edges: get().edges.filter((e) => e.id !== edge.id),
+        });
      }
-    set({ edgeReconnectSuccessful: true });
+      set({
+        edgeReconnectSuccessful: true
+      });
    },
-
-  /**
-   * Deletes a node by ID, respecting NodeDeletes rules.
-   * Also removes all edges connected to that node.
-   */
-  deleteNode: (nodeId) => {
-    get().pushSnapshot();
-
-    // Let's find our node to check if they have a special deletion function
-    const ourNode = get().nodes.find((n)=>n.id==nodeId);
-    const ourFunction = Object.entries(NodeDeletes).find(([t])=>t==ourNode?.type)?.[1]
-    
-    // If there's no function, OR, our function tells us we can delete it, let's do so...
-    if (ourFunction == undefined || ourFunction()) {
+    deleteNode: (nodeId: string) => {
      set({
        nodes: get().nodes.filter((n) => n.id !== nodeId),
-      edges: get().edges.filter((e) => e.source !== nodeId && e.target !== nodeId),
-      })}
-  },
-
-  /**
-   * Replaces the entire nodes array in the store.
-   */
-  setNodes: (nodes) => set({ nodes }),
-
-  /**
-   * Replaces the entire edges array in the store.
-   */
-  setEdges: (edges) => set({ edges }),
-
-  /**
-   * Updates the data of a node by merging new data with existing data.
-   */
-  updateNodeData: (nodeId, data) => {
-    get().pushSnapshot();
-    set({
-      nodes: get().nodes.map((node) => {
-        if (node.id === nodeId) {
-          node = { ...node, data: { ...node.data, ...data }};
-        }
-        return node;
-      }),
+        edges: get().edges.filter((e) => e.source !== nodeId && e.target !== nodeId)
      });
    },
-
-  /**
-   * Adds a new node to the flow store.
-   */
-  addNode: (node: Node) => {
-    get().pushSnapshot();
-    set({ nodes: [...get().nodes, node] });
+    setNodes: (nodes) => {
+      set({nodes});
    },
-
-  // undo redo default values
-  past: [],
-  future: [],
-  isBatchAction: false,
-  }))
+    setEdges: (edges) => {
+      set({edges});
+    },
+  }),
 );

 export default useFlowStore;
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgTypes.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgTypes.tsx
@@ -1,91 +1,46 @@
-// VisProgTypes.ts
-import type {Edge, OnNodesChange, OnEdgesChange, OnConnect, OnReconnect, Node, OnEdgesDelete} from '@xyflow/react';
-import type { NodeTypes } from './NodeRegistry';
-import type {FlowSnapshot} from "./EditorUndoRedo.ts";
+import {
+  type Edge,
+  type Node,
+  type OnNodesChange,
+  type OnEdgesChange,
+  type OnConnect,
+  type OnReconnect,
+} from '@xyflow/react';
+
+
+type defaultNodeData = {
+  label: string;
+};
+
+export type StartNode = Node<defaultNodeData, 'start'>;
+export type EndNode = Node<defaultNodeData, 'end'>;
+export type GoalNode = Node<defaultNodeData & { value: string; }, 'goal'>;
+export type NormNode = Node<defaultNodeData & { value: string; }, 'norm'>;
+export type PhaseNode = Node<defaultNodeData & { number: number; }, 'phase'>;


 /**
- * Type representing all registered node types.
- * This corresponds to the keys of NodeTypes in NodeRegistry.
+ * a type meant to house different node types, currently not used
+ * but will allow us to more clearly define nodeTypes when we implement
+ * computation of the Graph inside the ReactFlow editor
 */
-export type AppNode = typeof NodeTypes;
+export type AppNode = Node | StartNode | EndNode | NormNode | GoalNode | PhaseNode;
+

 /**
- * The FlowState type defines the shape of the Zustand store used for managing the visual programming flow.
- *
- * Includes:
- * - Nodes and edges currently in the flow
- * - Callbacks for node and edge changes
- * - Node deletion and updates
- * - Edge reconnection handling
+ * The type for the Zustand store object used to manage the state of the ReactFlow editor
 */
 export type FlowState = {
-  nodes: Node[];
+  nodes: AppNode[];
  edges: Edge[];
  edgeReconnectSuccessful: boolean;
-
-  /** Handler for changes to nodes triggered by ReactFlow */
  onNodesChange: OnNodesChange;
-
-  onEdgesDelete: OnEdgesDelete;
-
-  /** Handler for changes to edges triggered by ReactFlow */
  onEdgesChange: OnEdgesChange;
-
-  /** Handler for creating a new connection between nodes */
  onConnect: OnConnect;
-
-  /** Handler for reconnecting an existing edge */
  onReconnect: OnReconnect;
-
-  /** Called when an edge reconnect process starts */
  onReconnectStart: () => void;
-
-  /**
-   * Called when an edge reconnect process ends.
-   * @param _ - event or unused parameter
-   * @param edge - the edge that finished reconnecting
-   */
-  onReconnectEnd: (_: unknown, edge: Edge) => void;
-
-  /**
-   * Deletes a node and any connected edges.
-   * @param nodeId - the ID of the node to delete
-   */
+  onReconnectEnd: (_: unknown, edge: { id: string }) => void;
  deleteNode: (nodeId: string) => void;
-
-  /**
-   * Replaces the current nodes array in the store.
-   * @param nodes - new array of nodes
-   */
-  setNodes: (nodes: Node[]) => void;
-
-  /**
-   * Replaces the current edges array in the store.
-   * @param edges - new array of edges
-   */
+  setNodes: (nodes: AppNode[]) => void;
  setEdges: (edges: Edge[]) => void;
-
-  /**
-   * Updates the data of a node by merging new data with existing node data.
-   * @param nodeId - the ID of the node to update
-   * @param data - object containing new data fields to merge
-   */
-  updateNodeData: (nodeId: string, data: object) => void;
-
-  /**
-   * Adds a new node to the flow.
-   * @param node - the Node object to add
-   */
-  addNode: (node: Node) => void;
-
-  // UndoRedo Types
-  past: FlowSnapshot[];
-  future: FlowSnapshot[];
-  pushSnapshot: () => void;
-  isBatchAction: boolean;
-  beginBatchAction: () => void;
-  endBatchAction: () => void;
-  undo: () => void;
-  redo: () => void;
 };
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx
@@ -1,125 +1,138 @@
 import {useDraggable} from '@neodrag/react';
-import { useReactFlow, type XYPosition } from '@xyflow/react';
-import { type ReactNode, useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import useFlowStore from '../VisProgStores';
-import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
-import { NodeDefaults, type NodeTypes } from '../NodeRegistry'
+import {
+  useReactFlow,
+  type XYPosition
+} from '@xyflow/react';
+import {
+  type ReactNode,
+  useCallback,
+  useRef,
+  useState
+} from 'react';
+import useFlowStore from "../VisProgStores.tsx";
+import styles from "../../VisProg.module.css"
+import type {AppNode, PhaseNode, NormNode} from "../VisProgTypes.tsx";
+
+

 /**
- * Props for a draggable node within the drag-and-drop toolbar.
- *
- * @property className - Optional custom CSS classes for styling.
- * @property children - The visual content or label rendered inside the draggable node.
- * @property nodeType - The type of node represented (key from `NodeTypes`).
- * @property onDrop - Function called when the node is dropped on the flow pane.
+ * DraggableNodeProps dictates the type properties of a DraggableNode
 */
 interface DraggableNodeProps {
  className?: string;
  children: ReactNode;
-  nodeType: keyof typeof NodeTypes;
-  onDrop: (nodeType: keyof typeof NodeTypes, position: XYPosition) => void;
+  nodeType: string;
+  onDrop: (nodeType: string, position: XYPosition) => void;
 }

 /**
- * A draggable node element used in the drag-and-drop toolbar.
+ * Definition of a node inside the drag and drop toolbar,
+ * these nodes require an onDrop function to be supplied
+ * that dictates how the node is created in the graph.
 *
- * Integrates with the NeoDrag library to handle drag events.
- * On drop, it calls the provided `onDrop` function with the node type and drop position.
- *
- * @param props - The draggable node configuration.
- * @returns A React element representing a draggable node.
+ * @param className
+ * @param children
+ * @param nodeType
+ * @param onDrop
+ * @constructor
 */
 function DraggableNode({className, children, nodeType, onDrop}: DraggableNodeProps) {
  const draggableRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
  const [position, setPosition] = useState<XYPosition>({x: 0, y: 0});

-  // The NeoDrag hook enables smooth drag functionality for this element.
-  // @ts-expect-error: NeoDrag typing incompatibility — safe to ignore.
+  // @ts-expect-error comes from a package and doesn't appear to play nicely with strict typescript typing
  useDraggable(draggableRef, {
-    position,
+    position: position,
    onDrag: ({offsetX, offsetY}) => {
-      setPosition({ x: offsetX, y: offsetY });
+      // Calculate position relative to the viewport
+      setPosition({
+        x: offsetX,
+        y: offsetY,
+      });
    },
    onDragEnd: ({event}) => {
      setPosition({x: 0, y: 0});
-      onDrop(nodeType, { x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY });
+      onDrop(nodeType, {
+        x: event.clientX,
+        y: event.clientY,
+      });
    },
  });

  return (
-    <div className={className} 
-    ref={draggableRef} 
-    id={`draggable-${nodeType}`}
-    data-testid={`draggable-${nodeType}`}
-    >
+    <div className={className} ref={draggableRef}>
      {children}
    </div>
  );
 }

-/**
- * Adds a new node to the flow graph.
- *
- * Handles:
- * - Automatic node ID generation based on existing nodes of the same type.
- * - Loading of default data from the `NodeDefaults` registry.
- * - Integration with the flow store to update global node state.
- *
- * @param nodeType - The type of node to create (from `NodeTypes`).
- * @param position - The XY position in the flow canvas where the node will appear.
- */
-function addNodeToFlow(nodeType: keyof typeof NodeTypes, position: XYPosition) {
-  const { nodes, addNode } = useFlowStore.getState();

-  // Load any predefined data for this node type.
-  const defaultData = NodeDefaults[nodeType] ?? {}
-  
-  // Currently, we find out what the Id is by checking the last node and adding one.
-  const sameTypeNodes = nodes.filter((node) => node.type === nodeType);
-  const nextNumber =
-    sameTypeNodes.length > 0
-      ? (() => {
-          const lastNode = sameTypeNodes[sameTypeNodes.length - 1];
-          const parts = lastNode.id.split('-');
-          const lastNum = Number(parts[1]);
-          return Number.isNaN(lastNum) ? sameTypeNodes.length + 1 : lastNum + 1;
-        })()
-      : 1;
-  const id = `${nodeType}-${nextNumber}`;
-  
-  // Create new node
-  const newNode = {
-    id: id,
+// eslint-disable-next-line react-refresh/only-export-components
+export function addNode(nodeType: string, position: XYPosition) {
+  const {setNodes} = useFlowStore.getState();
+  const nds : AppNode[] = useFlowStore.getState().nodes;
+  const newNode = () => {
+    switch (nodeType) {
+      case "phase":
+      {
+        const phaseNodes= nds.filter((node) => node.type === 'phase');
+        let phaseNumber;
+        if (phaseNodes.length > 0) {
+          const finalPhaseId : number = +(phaseNodes[phaseNodes.length - 1].id.split('-')[1]);
+          phaseNumber = finalPhaseId + 1;
+        } else {
+          phaseNumber = 1;
+        }
+        const phaseNode : PhaseNode = {
+          id: `phase-${phaseNumber}`,
          type: nodeType,
          position,
-    data: JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(defaultData))
+          data: {label: 'new', number: phaseNumber},
        }
-  addNode(newNode);
+        return phaseNode;
+      }
+      case "norm":
+      {
+        const normNodes= nds.filter((node) => node.type === 'norm');
+        let normNumber
+        if (normNodes.length > 0) {
+          const finalNormId : number = +(normNodes[normNodes.length - 1].id.split('-')[1]);
+          normNumber = finalNormId + 1;
+        } else {
+          normNumber = 1;
+        }
+
+        const normNode : NormNode = {
+          id: `norm-${normNumber}`,
+          type: nodeType,
+          position,
+          data: {label: `new norm node`, value: "Pepper should be formal"},
+        }
+        return normNode;
+      }
+      default: {
+        throw new Error(`Node ${nodeType} not found`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  setNodes(nds.concat(newNode()));
 }

 /**
- * The drag-and-drop toolbar component for the visual programming interface.
- *
- * Displays draggable node templates based on entries in `NodeDefaults`.
- * Each droppable node can be dragged into the flow pane to instantiate it.
- *
- * Automatically filters nodes whose `droppable` flag is set to `true`.
- *
- * @returns A React element representing the drag-and-drop toolbar.
+ * the DndToolbar defines how the drag and drop toolbar component works
+ * and includes the default onDrop behavior through handleNodeDrop
+ * @constructor
 */
 export function DndToolbar() {
  const {screenToFlowPosition} = useReactFlow();
-
  /**
-   * Handles dropping a node onto the flow pane.
-   * Translates screen coordinates into flow coordinates using React Flow utilities.
+   * handleNodeDrop implements the default onDrop behavior
   */
  const handleNodeDrop = useCallback(
-    (nodeType: keyof typeof NodeTypes, screenPosition: XYPosition) => {
+    (nodeType: string, screenPosition: XYPosition) => {
      const flow = document.querySelector('.react-flow');
      const flowRect = flow?.getBoundingClientRect();
-      
-      // Only add the node if it is inside the flow canvas area.
      const isInFlow =
        flowRect &&
        screenPosition.x >= flowRect.left &&
@@ -127,40 +140,27 @@ export function DndToolbar() {
        screenPosition.y >= flowRect.top &&
        screenPosition.y <= flowRect.bottom;

+      // Create a new node and add it to the flow
      if (isInFlow) {
        const position = screenToFlowPosition(screenPosition);
-        addNodeToFlow(nodeType, position);
+        addNode(nodeType, position);
      }
    },
    [screenToFlowPosition],
  );

-
-  // Map over the default nodes to get all nodes that can be dropped from the toolbar.
-  const droppableNodes = Object.entries(NodeDefaults)
-  .filter(([, data]) => data.droppable)
-  .map(([type, data]) => ({ 
-    type: type as DraggableNodeProps['nodeType'], 
-    data 
-  }));
-
  return (
    <div className={`flex-col gap-lg padding-md ${styles.innerDndPanel}`}>
      <div className="description">
        You can drag these nodes to the pane to create new nodes.
      </div>
      <div className={`flex-row gap-lg ${styles.dndNodeContainer}`}>
-        {/* Maps over all the nodes that are droppable, and puts them in the panel */}
-        {droppableNodes.map(({type, data}) => (
-          <DraggableNode
-            key={type}
-            className={styles[`draggable-node-${type}`]} // Our current style signature for nodes
-            nodeType={type}
-            onDrop={handleNodeDrop}
-          >
-            {data.label}
+        <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodePhase} nodeType="phase" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
+          phase Node
+        </DraggableNode>
+        <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodeNorm} nodeType="norm" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
+          norm Node
        </DraggableNode>
-        ))}
      </div>
    </div>
  );
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/NodeComponents.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/NodeComponents.tsx
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import { NodeToolbar } from '@xyflow/react';
-import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';
-import useFlowStore from "../VisProgStores.tsx";
-
-/**
- * Props for the Toolbar component.
- *
- * @property nodeId - The ID of the node this toolbar is attached to.
- * @property allowDelete - If `true`, the delete button is enabled; otherwise disabled.
- */
-type ToolbarProps = {
-  nodeId: string;
-  allowDelete: boolean;
-};
-
-/**
- * Node Toolbar definition:
- * Handles: node deleting functionality
- * Can be integrated to any custom node component as a React component
- *
- * @param {string} nodeId - The ID of the node for which the toolbar is rendered.
- * @param {boolean} allowDelete - Enables or disables the delete functionality.
- * @returns {React.JSX.Element} A JSX element representing the toolbar.
- * @constructor
- */
-export function Toolbar({nodeId, allowDelete}: ToolbarProps) {
-  const {deleteNode} = useFlowStore();
-
-  const deleteParentNode = ()=> {
-    deleteNode(nodeId);
-  }
-  return (
-    <NodeToolbar>
-      <button className="Node-toolbar__deletebutton" onClick={deleteParentNode} disabled={!allowDelete}>delete</button>
-    </NodeToolbar>);
-}
-
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/NodeDefinitions.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/NodeDefinitions.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import {Handle, type NodeProps, NodeToolbar, Position} from '@xyflow/react';
+import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';
+import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
+import useFlowStore from "../VisProgStores.tsx";
+import type {
+  StartNode,
+  EndNode,
+  PhaseNode,
+  NormNode
+} from "../VisProgTypes.tsx";
+
+//
+
+type ToolbarProps = {
+  nodeId: string;
+  allowDelete: boolean;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Node Toolbar definition:
+ * handles: node deleting functionality
+ * can be added to any custom node component as a React component
+ *
+ * @param {string} nodeId
+ * @param {boolean} allowDelete
+ * @returns {React.JSX.Element}
+ * @constructor
+ */
+export function Toolbar({nodeId, allowDelete}: ToolbarProps) {
+  const {deleteNode} = useFlowStore();
+
+  const deleteParentNode = ()=> {
+    deleteNode(nodeId);
+  }
+  return (
+    <NodeToolbar>
+      <button className="Node-toolbar__deletebutton" onClick={deleteParentNode} disabled={!allowDelete}>delete</button>
+    </NodeToolbar>);
+}
+
+
+// Definitions of Nodes
+
+/**
+ * Start Node definition:
+ *
+ * @param {string} id
+ * @param {defaultNodeData} data
+ * @returns {React.JSX.Element}
+ * @constructor
+ */
+export const StartNodeComponent = ({id, data}: NodeProps<StartNode>) => {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Toolbar nodeId={id} allowDelete={false}/>
+      <div className={styles.defaultNodeStart}>
+        <div> data test {data.label} </div>
+        <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="start"/>
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * End node definition:
+ *
+ * @param {string} id
+ * @param {defaultNodeData} data
+ * @returns {React.JSX.Element}
+ * @constructor
+ */
+export const EndNodeComponent = ({id, data}: NodeProps<EndNode>) => {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Toolbar nodeId={id} allowDelete={false}/>
+      <div className={styles.defaultNodeEnd}>
+        <div> {data.label} </div>
+        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Left} id="end"/>
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Phase node definition:
+ *
+ * @param {string} id
+ * @param {defaultNodeData & {number: number}} data
+ * @returns {React.JSX.Element}
+ * @constructor
+ */
+export const PhaseNodeComponent = ({id, data}: NodeProps<PhaseNode>) => {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Toolbar nodeId={id} allowDelete={true}/>
+      <div className={styles.defaultNodePhase}>
+        <div> phase {data.number} {data.label} </div>
+        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Left} id="target"/>
+        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Bottom} id="norms"/>
+        <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="source"/>
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Norm node definition:
+ *
+ * @param {string} id
+ * @param {defaultNodeData & {value: string}} data
+ * @returns {React.JSX.Element}
+ * @constructor
+ */
+export const NormNodeComponent = ({id, data}: NodeProps<NormNode>) => {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Toolbar nodeId={id} allowDelete={true}/>
+      <div className={styles.defaultNodeNorm}>
+        <div> Norm {data.label} </div>
+        <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="NormSource"/>
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+};
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.module.css
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.module.css
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-.save-load-panel {
-  border-radius: 0 0 5pt 5pt;
-  background-color: canvas;
-}
-
-label.file-input-button {
-  cursor: pointer;
-  outline: forestgreen solid 2pt;
-  filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem forestgreen);
-  transition: filter 200ms;
-
-  input[type="file"] {
-    display: none;
-  }
-
-  &:hover {
-    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.5rem forestgreen);
-  }
-}
-
-.save-button {
-  text-decoration: none;
-  outline: dodgerblue solid 2pt;
-  filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem dodgerblue);
-  transition: filter 200ms;
-
-  &:hover {
-    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.5rem dodgerblue);
-  }
-}
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.tsx
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-import {type ChangeEvent, useRef, useState} from "react";
-import useFlowStore from "../VisProgStores";
-import visProgStyles from "../../VisProg.module.css";
-import styles from "./SaveLoadPanel.module.css";
-import { makeProjectBlob, type SavedProject } from "../../../../utils/SaveLoad";
-
-export default function SaveLoadPanel() {
-  const nodes = useFlowStore((s) => s.nodes);
-  const edges = useFlowStore((s) => s.edges);
-  const setNodes = useFlowStore((s) => s.setNodes);
-  const setEdges = useFlowStore((s) => s.setEdges);
-
-  const [saveUrl, setSaveUrl] = useState<string | null>(null);
-
-  // ref to the file input
-  const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
-
-  const onSave = async (nameGuess = "visual-program") => {
-    const blob = makeProjectBlob(nameGuess, nodes, edges);
-    const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-    setSaveUrl(url);
-  };
-
-  // input change handler updates the graph with a parsed JSON file
-  const handleFileChange = async (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-    const file = e.target.files?.[0];
-    if (!file) return;
-    try {
-      const text = await file.text();
-      const parsed = JSON.parse(text) as SavedProject;
-      if (!parsed.nodes || !parsed.edges) throw new Error("Invalid file format");
-      setNodes(parsed.nodes);
-      setEdges(parsed.edges);
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.error(e);
-      alert("Loading failed. See console.");
-    } finally {
-      // allow re-selecting same file next time
-      if (inputRef.current) inputRef.current.value = "";
-    }
-  };
-
-  const defaultName = "visual-program";
-  return (
-    <div className={`flex-col gap-lg padding-md border-lg ${styles.saveLoadPanel}`}>
-      <div className="description">You can save and load your graph here.</div>
-      <div className={`flex-row gap-lg justify-center`}>
-        <a
-          href={saveUrl ?? "#"}
-          onClick={() => onSave(defaultName)}
-          download={`${defaultName}.json`}
-          className={`${visProgStyles.draggableNode} ${styles.saveButton}`}
-        >
-          Save Graph
-        </a>
-
-        <label className={`${visProgStyles.draggableNode} ${styles.fileInputButton}`}>
-          <input
-            ref={inputRef}
-            type="file"
-            accept=".visprog.json,.json,.txt,application/json,text/plain"
-            onChange={handleFileChange}
-          />
-          Load Graph
-        </label>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  );
-}
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/EndNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/EndNode.default.ts
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import type { EndNodeData } from "./EndNode";
-
-/**
- * Default data for this node.
- */
-export const EndNodeDefaults: EndNodeData = {
-  label: "End Node",
-  droppable: false,
-  hasReduce: true
-};
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/EndNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/EndNode.tsx
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  Handle,
-  type NodeProps,
-  Position,
-  type Node,
-} from '@xyflow/react';
-import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
-import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
-
-
-/**
- * The typing of this node's data
- */
-export type EndNodeData = {
-  label: string;
-  droppable: boolean;
-  hasReduce: boolean;
-};
-
-export type EndNode = Node<EndNodeData>
-
-/**
- * Default function to render an end node given its properties
- * @param props the node's properties
- * @returns React.JSX.Element
- */
-export default function EndNode(props: NodeProps<EndNode>) {
-  return (
-    <>
-      <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={false}/>
-      <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeEnd}`}>
-        <div className={"flex-row gap-sm"}>
-        End
-        </div>
-        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Left} id="target"/>
-      </div>
-    </>
-  );
-}
-
-/**
- * Functionality for reducing this node into its more compact json program
- * @param node the node to reduce
- * @param _nodes all nodes present
- * @returns Dictionary, {id: node.id}
- */
-export function EndReduce(node: Node, _nodes: Node[]) {
-  // Replace this for nodes functionality
-  return {
-    id: node.id
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the target
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the received connection
- */
-export function EndConnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the source
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the created connection
- */
-export function EndConnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the target
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the disconnected connection
- */
-export function EndDisconnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the source
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the diconnected connection
- */
-export function EndDisconnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.default.ts
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import type { GoalNodeData } from "./GoalNode";
-
-/**
- * Default data for this node
- */
-export const GoalNodeDefaults: GoalNodeData = {
-  label: "Goal Node",
-  droppable: true,
-  description: "The robot will strive towards this goal",
-  achieved: false,
-  hasReduce: true,
-};
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.tsx
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  Handle,
-  type NodeProps,
-  Position,
-  type Node,
-} from '@xyflow/react';
-import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
-import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
-import { TextField } from '../../../../components/TextField';
-import useFlowStore from '../VisProgStores';
-
-/**
- * The default data dot a phase node
- * @param label: the label of this phase
- * @param droppable: whether this node is droppable from the drop bar (initialized as true)
- * @param desciption: description of the goal
- * @param hasReduce: whether this node has reducing functionality (true by default)
- */
-export type GoalNodeData = {
-  label: string;
-  description: string;
-  droppable: boolean;
-  achieved: boolean;
-  hasReduce: boolean;
-};
-
-export type GoalNode = Node<GoalNodeData>
-
-
-/**
- * Defines how a Goal node should be rendered
- * @param props NodeProps, like id, label, children
- * @returns React.JSX.Element
- */
-export default function GoalNode({id, data}: NodeProps<GoalNode>) {
-  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
-
-  const text_input_id = `goal_${id}_text_input`;
-  const checkbox_id = `goal_${id}_checkbox`;
-
-  const setDescription = (value: string) => {
-    updateNodeData(id, {...data, description: value});
-  }
-
-  const setAchieved = (value: boolean) => {
-    updateNodeData(id, {...data, achieved: value});
-  }
-
-  return <>
-    <Toolbar nodeId={id} allowDelete={true}/>
-    <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeGoal} flex-col gap-sm`}>
-      <div className={"flex-row gap-md"}>
-        <label htmlFor={text_input_id}>Goal:</label>
-        <TextField
-          id={text_input_id}
-          value={data.description}
-          setValue={(val) => setDescription(val)}
-          placeholder={"To ..."}
-        />
-      </div>
-      <div className={"flex-row gap-md align-center"}>
-        <label htmlFor={checkbox_id}>Achieved:</label>
-        <input
-          id={checkbox_id}
-          type={"checkbox"}
-          checked={data.achieved || false}
-          onChange={(e) => setAchieved(e.target.checked)}
-        />
-      </div>
-      <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="GoalSource"/>
-    </div>
-  </>;
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Reduces each Goal, including its children down into its relevant data.
- * @param node The Node Properties of this node.
- * @param _nodes all the nodes in the graph
- */
-export function GoalReduce(node: Node, _nodes: Node[]) {
-  const data = node.data as GoalNodeData;
-    return {
-      id: node.id,
-      label: data.label,
-      description: data.description,
-      achieved: data.achieved,
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the target
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the received connection
- */
-export function GoalConnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the source
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the created connection
- */
-export function GoalConnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the target
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the disconnected connection
- */
-export function GoalDisconnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the source
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the diconnected connection
- */
-export function GoalDisconnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.default.ts
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import type { NormNodeData } from "./NormNode";
-
-/**
- * Default data for this node
- */
-export const NormNodeDefaults: NormNodeData = {
-  label: "Norm Node",
-  droppable: true,
-  norm: "",
-  hasReduce: true,
-  critical: false,
-};
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.tsx
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  Handle,
-  type NodeProps,
-  Position,
-  type Node,
-} from '@xyflow/react';
-import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
-import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
-import { TextField } from '../../../../components/TextField';
-import useFlowStore from '../VisProgStores';
-
-/**
- * The default data dot a phase node
- * @param label: the label of this phase
- * @param droppable: whether this node is droppable from the drop bar (initialized as true)
- * @param norm: list of strings of norms for this node
- * @param hasReduce: whether this node has reducing functionality (true by default)
- */
-export type NormNodeData = {
-  label: string;
-  droppable: boolean;
-  norm: string;
-  hasReduce: boolean;
-  critical: boolean;
-};
-
-export type NormNode = Node<NormNodeData>
-
-/**
- * Defines how a Norm node should be rendered
- * @param props NodeProps, like id, label, children
- * @returns React.JSX.Element
- */
-export default function NormNode(props: NodeProps<NormNode>) {
-  const data = props.data;
-  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
-
-  const text_input_id = `norm_${props.id}_text_input`;
-  const checkbox_id = `goal_${props.id}_checkbox`;
-
-  const setValue = (value: string) => {
-    updateNodeData(props.id, {norm: value});
-  }
-
-  const setCritical = (value: boolean) => {
-    updateNodeData(props.id, {...data, critical: value});
-  }
-
-  return <>
-    <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={true}/>
-    <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeNorm}`}>
-      <div className={"flex-row gap-sm"}>
-        <label htmlFor={text_input_id}>Norm :</label>
-        <TextField
-          id={text_input_id}
-          value={data.norm}
-          setValue={(val) => setValue(val)}
-          placeholder={"Pepper should ..."}
-        />
-      </div>
-      <div className={"flex-row gap-md align-center"}>
-        <label htmlFor={checkbox_id}>Critical:</label>
-        <input
-          id={checkbox_id}
-          type={"checkbox"}
-          checked={data.critical || false}
-          onChange={(e) => setCritical(e.target.checked)}
-        />
-      </div>
-      <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="norms"/>
-    </div>
-  </>;
-};
-
-
-/**
- * Reduces each Norm, including its children down into its relevant data.
- * @param node The Node Properties of this node.
- * @param _nodes all the nodes in the graph
- */
-export function NormReduce(node: Node, _nodes: Node[]) {
-  const data = node.data as NormNodeData;
-    return {
-      id: node.id,
-      label: data.label,
-      norm: data.norm,
-      critical: data.critical,
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the target
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the received connection
- */
-export function NormConnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the source
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the created connection
- */
-export function NormConnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the target
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the disconnected connection
- */
-export function NormDisconnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the source
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the diconnected connection
- */
-export function NormDisconnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.default.ts
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import type { PhaseNodeData } from "./PhaseNode";
-
-/**
- * Default data for this node
- */
-export const PhaseNodeDefaults: PhaseNodeData = {
-  label: "Phase Node",
-  droppable: true,
-  children: [],
-  hasReduce: true,
-};
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.tsx
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  Handle,
-  type NodeProps,
-  Position,
-  type Node
-} from '@xyflow/react';
-import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
-import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
-import { NodeReduces, NodesInPhase, NodeTypes} from '../NodeRegistry';
-import useFlowStore from '../VisProgStores';
-import { TextField } from '../../../../components/TextField';
-
-/**
- * The default data dot a phase node
- * @param label: the label of this phase
- * @param droppable: whether this node is droppable from the drop bar (initialized as true)
- * @param children: ID's of children of this node
- * @param hasReduce: whether this node has reducing functionality (true by default)
- */
-export type PhaseNodeData = {
-  label: string;
-  droppable: boolean;
-  children: string[];
-  hasReduce: boolean;
-};
-
-export type PhaseNode = Node<PhaseNodeData>
-
-/**
- * Defines how a phase node should be rendered
- * @param props NodeProps, like id, label, children
- * @returns React.JSX.Element
- */
-export default function PhaseNode(props: NodeProps<PhaseNode>) {
-  const data = props.data;
-  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
-  const updateLabel = (value: string) => updateNodeData(props.id, {...data, label: value});
-  const label_input_id = `phase_${props.id}_label_input`;
-
-  return (
-    <>
-      <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={true}/>
-      <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodePhase}`}>
-        <div className={"flex-row gap-sm"}>
-          <label htmlFor={label_input_id}>Name:</label>
-          <TextField
-            id={label_input_id}
-            value={data.label}
-            setValue={updateLabel}
-            placeholder={"Phase ..."}
-          />
-        </div>
-        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Left} id="target"/>
-        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Bottom} id="norms"/>
-        <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="source"/>
-      </div>
-    </>
-  );
-};
-
-/**
- * Reduces each phase, including its children down into its relevant data.
- * @param node the node which is being reduced
- * @param nodes all the nodes currently in the flow.
- * @returns A collection of all reduced nodes in this phase, starting with this phases' reduced data.  
- */
-export function PhaseReduce(node: Node, nodes: Node[]) {
-    const thisnode = node as PhaseNode;
-    const data = thisnode.data as PhaseNodeData;
-
-    // node typings that are not in phase
-    const nodesNotInPhase: string[] = Object.entries(NodesInPhase)
-        .filter(([, f]) => !f())
-        .map(([t]) => t);
-
-    // node typings that then are in phase
-    const nodesInPhase: string[] = Object.entries(NodeTypes)
-        .filter(([t]) => !nodesNotInPhase.includes(t))
-        .map(([t]) => t);
-
-    // children nodes - make sure to check for empty arrays
-    let childrenNodes: Node[] = [];
-    if (data.children) 
-      childrenNodes = nodes.filter((node) => data.children.includes(node.id));
-
-    // Build the result object
-    const result: Record<string, unknown> = {
-        id: thisnode.id,
-        label: data.label,
-    };
-
-    nodesInPhase.forEach((type) => {
-        const typedChildren = childrenNodes.filter((child) => child.type == type);
-        const reducer = NodeReduces[type as keyof typeof NodeReduces];
-        if (!reducer) {
-            console.warn(`No reducer found for node type ${type}`);
-            result[type + "s"] = [];
-        } else {
-            result[type + "s"] = typedChildren.map((child) => reducer(child, nodes));
-        }
-    });
-
-    return result;
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the target (phase)
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the received connection
- */
-export function PhaseConnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  const node = _thisNode as PhaseNode
-  const data = node.data as PhaseNodeData
-  // we only add none phase nodes to the children
-  if (!(useFlowStore.getState().nodes.find((node) => node.id === _sourceNodeId && node.type === 'phase'))) {
-    data.children.push(_sourceNodeId)
-  }
-
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the source (phase)
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the created connection
- */
-export function PhaseConnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the target (phase)
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the disconnected connection
- */
-export function PhaseDisconnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  const node = _thisNode as PhaseNode
-  const data = node.data as PhaseNodeData
-  data.children = data.children.filter((child) => { if (child != _sourceNodeId) return child; });
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the source (phase)
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the diconnected connection
- */
-export function PhaseDisconnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/StartNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/StartNode.default.ts
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import type { StartNodeData } from "./StartNode";
-
-/**
- * Default data for this node.
- */
-export const StartNodeDefaults: StartNodeData = {
-  label: "Start Node",
-  droppable: false,
-  hasReduce: true
-};
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/StartNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/StartNode.tsx
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  Handle,
-  type NodeProps,
-  Position,
-  type Node,
-} from '@xyflow/react';
-import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
-import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
-
-
-export type StartNodeData = {
-  label: string;
-  droppable: boolean;
-  hasReduce: boolean;
-};
-
-
-export type StartNode = Node<StartNodeData>
-
-
-/**
- * Defines how a Norm node should be rendered
- * @param props NodeProps, like id, label, children
- * @returns React.JSX.Element
- */
-export default function StartNode(props: NodeProps<StartNode>) {
-  return (
-    <>
-      <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={false}/>
-      <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeStart}`}>
-        <div className={"flex-row gap-sm"}>
-          Start
-        </div>
-        <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="source"/>
-      </div>
-    </>
-  );
-}
-
-/**
- * The reduce function for this node type.
- * @param node this node
- * @param _nodes all the nodes in the graph
- * @returns a reduced structure of this node
- */
-export function StartReduce(node: Node, _nodes: Node[]) {
-  // Replace this for nodes functionality
-  return {
-    id: node.id
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the target
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the received connection
- */
-export function StartConnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the source
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the created connection
- */
-export function StartConnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the target
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the disconnected connection
- */
-export function StartDisconnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the source
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the diconnected connection
- */
-export function StartDisconnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.default.ts
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import type { TriggerNodeData } from "./TriggerNode";
-
-/**
- * Default data for this node
- */
-export const TriggerNodeDefaults: TriggerNodeData = {
-  label: "Trigger Node",
-  droppable: true,
-  triggers: [],
-  triggerType: "keywords",
-  hasReduce: true,
-};
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.tsx
@@ -1,246 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  Handle,
-  type NodeProps,
-  Position,
-  type Connection,
-  type Edge,
-  type Node,
-} from '@xyflow/react';
-import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
-import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
-import useFlowStore from '../VisProgStores';
-import { useState } from 'react';
-import { RealtimeTextField, TextField } from '../../../../components/TextField';
-import duplicateIndices from '../../../../utils/duplicateIndices';
-
-/**
- * The default data structure for a Trigger node
- *
- * Represents configuration for a node that activates when a specific condition is met,
- * such as keywords being spoken or emotions detected.
- *
- * @property label: the display label of this Trigger node.
- * @property droppable: Whether this node can be dropped from the toolbar (default: true).
- * @property triggerType - The type of trigger ("keywords" or a custom string).
- * @property triggers - The list of keyword triggers (if applicable).
- * @property hasReduce - Whether this node supports reduction logic.
- */
-export type TriggerNodeData = {
-  label: string;
-  droppable: boolean;
-  triggerType: "keywords" | string;
-  triggers: Keyword[] | never;
-  hasReduce: boolean;
-};
-
-
-export type TriggerNode = Node<TriggerNodeData>
-
-
-/**
- * Determines whether a Trigger node can connect to another node or edge.
- *
- * @param connection - The connection or edge being attempted to connect towards.
- * @returns `true` if the connection is defined; otherwise, `false`.
- */
-export function TriggerNodeCanConnect(connection: Connection | Edge): boolean {
-  return (connection != undefined);
-}
-
-/**
- * Defines how a Trigger node should be rendered
- * @param props - Node properties provided by React Flow, including `id` and `data`.
- * @returns The rendered TriggerNode React element (React.JSX.Element).
- */
-export default function TriggerNode(props: NodeProps<TriggerNode>) {
-  const data = props.data;
-  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
-
-  const setKeywords = (keywords: Keyword[]) => {
-    updateNodeData(props.id, {...data, triggers: keywords});
-  }
-
-  return <>
-    <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={true}/>
-    <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeTrigger} flex-col gap-sm`}>
-      {data.triggerType === "emotion" && (
-        <div className={"flex-row gap-md"}>Emotion?</div>
-      )}
-      {data.triggerType === "keywords" && (
-        <Keywords
-          keywords={data.triggers}
-          setKeywords={setKeywords}
-        />
-      )}
-      <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="TriggerSource"/>
-    </div>
-  </>;
-}
-
-/**
- * Reduces each Trigger, including its children down into its core data.
- * @param node - The Trigger node to reduce.
- * @param _nodes - The list of all nodes in the current flow graph.
- * @returns A simplified object containing the node label and its list of triggers.
- */
-export function TriggerReduce(node: Node, _nodes: Node[]) {
-  const data = node.data;
-  switch (data.triggerType) {
-    case "keywords":
-      return {
-        id: node.id,
-        type: "keywords",
-        label: data.label,
-        keywords: data.triggers,
-      };
-    default:
-      return {
-        ...data,
-        id: node.id,
-      };
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the target
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the received connection
- */
-export function TriggerConnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type as the source
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the created connection
- */
-export function TriggerConnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the target
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _sourceNodeId the source of the disconnected connection
- */
-export function TriggerDisconnectionTarget(_thisNode: Node, _sourceNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is called whenever a connection is disconnected with this node type as the source
- * @param _thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
- * @param _targetNodeId the target of the diconnected connection
- */
-export function TriggerDisconnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId: string) {
-  // no additional connection logic exists yet
-}
-
-// Definitions for the possible triggers, being keywords and emotions
-
-/** Represents a single keyword trigger entry. */
-type Keyword = { id: string, keyword: string };
-
-/** Properties for an emotion-type trigger node. */
-export type EmotionTriggerNodeProps = {
-  type: "emotion";
-  value: string;
-}
-
-/** Props for a keyword-type trigger node. */
-export type KeywordTriggerNodeProps = {
-  type: "keywords";
-  value: Keyword[];
-}
-
-/** Union type for all possible Trigger node configurations. */
-export type TriggerNodeProps = EmotionTriggerNodeProps | KeywordTriggerNodeProps;
-
-/**
- * Renders an input element that allows users to add new keyword triggers.
- *
- * When the input is committed, the `addKeyword` callback is called with the new keyword.
- *
- * @param param0 - An object containing the `addKeyword` function.
- * @returns A React element(React.JSX.Element) providing an input for adding keywords.
- */
-function KeywordAdder({ addKeyword }: { addKeyword: (keyword: string) => void }) {
-  const [input, setInput] = useState("");
-
-  const text_input_id = "keyword_adder_input";
-
-  return <div className={"flex-row gap-md"}>
-    <label htmlFor={text_input_id}>New Keyword:</label>
-    <RealtimeTextField
-      id={text_input_id}
-      value={input}
-      setValue={setInput}
-      onCommit={() => {
-        if (!input) return;
-        addKeyword(input);
-        setInput("");
-      }}
-      placeholder={"..."}
-      className={"flex-1"}
-    />
-  </div>;
-}
-
-/**
- * Displays and manages a list of keyword triggers for a Trigger node.
- * Handles adding, editing, and removing keywords, as well as detecting duplicate entries.
- *
- * @param keywords - The current list of keyword triggers.
- * @param setKeywords - A callback to update the keyword list in the parent node.
- * @returns A React element(React.JSX.Element) for editing keyword triggers.
- */
-function Keywords({
-  keywords,
-  setKeywords,
-}: {
-  keywords: Keyword[];
-  setKeywords: (keywords: Keyword[]) => void;
-}) {
-  type Interpolatable = string | number | boolean | bigint | null | undefined;
-
-  const inputElementId = (id: Interpolatable) => `keyword_${id}_input`;
-
-  /** Indices of duplicates in the keyword array. */
-  const [duplicates, setDuplicates] = useState<number[]>([]);
-
-  function replace(id: string, value: string) {
-    value = value.trim();
-    const newKeywords = value === ""
-      ? keywords.filter((kw) => kw.id != id)
-      : keywords.map((kw) => kw.id === id ? {...kw, keyword: value} : kw);
-    setKeywords(newKeywords);
-    setDuplicates(duplicateIndices(newKeywords.map((kw) => kw.keyword)));
-  }
-
-  function add(value: string) {
-    value = value.trim();
-    if (value === "") return;
-    const newKeywords = [...keywords, {id: crypto.randomUUID(), keyword: value}];
-    setKeywords(newKeywords);
-    setDuplicates(duplicateIndices(newKeywords.map((kw) => kw.keyword)));
-  }
-
-  return <>
-    <span>Triggers when {keywords.length <= 1 ? "the keyword is" : "all keywords are"} spoken.</span>
-    {[...keywords].map(({id, keyword}, index) => {
-      return <div key={id} className={"flex-row gap-md"}>
-        <label htmlFor={inputElementId(id)}>Keyword:</label>
-        <TextField
-          id={inputElementId(id)}
-          value={keyword}
-          setValue={(val) => replace(id, val)}
-          placeholder={"..."}
-          className={"flex-1"}
-          invalid={duplicates.includes(index)}
-        />
-      </div>;
-    })}
-    <KeywordAdder addKeyword={add} />
-  </>;
-}
--- a/src/utils/SaveLoad.ts
+++ b/src/utils/SaveLoad.ts
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import {type Edge, type Node } from "@xyflow/react";
-
-export type SavedProject = {
-  name: string;
-  savedASavedProject: string; // ISO timestamp
-  nodes: Node[];
-  edges: Edge[];
-};
-
-// Creates a JSON Blob containing the current visual program (nodes + edges)
-export function makeProjectBlob(name: string, nodes: Node[], edges: Edge[]): Blob {
-  const payload = {
-    name,
-    savedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-    nodes,
-    edges,
-  };
-  return new Blob([JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2)], { type: "application/json" });
-}
--- a/src/utils/cellStore.ts
+++ b/src/utils/cellStore.ts
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-import {useSyncExternalStore} from "react";
-
-type Unsub = () => void;
-
-
-/**
- * A simple reactive state container that holds a value of type `T` that provides methods to get, set, and subscribe.
- */
-export type Cell<T> = {
-  /**
-   * Returns the current value stored in the cell.
-   */
-  get: () => T;
-  /**
-   * Updates the cell's value, pass either a direct value or an updater function.
-   *
-   * @example
-   * ```ts
-   * count.set(5);
-   * count.set(prev => prev + 1);
-   * ```
-   */
-  set: (next: T | ((prev: T) => T)) => void;
-
-  /**
-   * Subscribe to changes in the cell's value, meaning the provided callback is called whenever the value changes.
-   * Returns an unsubscribe function.
-   *
-   * @example
-   * ```ts
-   * const unsubscribe = count.subscribe(() => console.log(count.get()));
-   * // later:
-   * unsubscribe();
-   * ```
-   */
-  subscribe: (callback: () => void) => Unsub;
-};
-
-/**
- * Creates a new reactive state container (`Cell`) with an initial value.
- *
- * This function allows you to store and mutate state outside of React,
- * while still supporting subscriptions for reactivity.
- *
- * @param initial - The initial value for the cell.
- * @returns A Cell object with `get`, `set`, and `subscribe` methods.
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * const count = cell(0);
- * count.set(10);
- * console.log(count.get()); // 10
- * ```
- */
-export function cell<T>(initial: T): Cell<T> {
-  let value = initial;
-  const listeners = new Set<() => void>();
-  return {
-    get: () => value,
-    set: (next) => {
-      value = typeof next === "function" ? (next as (v: T) => T)(value) : next;
-      for (const l of listeners) l();
-    },
-    subscribe: (callback) => {
-      listeners.add(callback);
-      return () => listeners.delete(callback);
-    },
-  };
-}
-
-/**
- * React hook that subscribes a component to a Cell.
- *
- * Automatically re-renders the component whenever the Cell's value changes.
- * Uses React’s built-in `useSyncExternalStore` for correct subscription behavior.
- *
- * @param c - The cell to subscribe to.
- * @returns The current value of the cell.
- *
- * @example
- * ```tsx
- * const count = cell(0);
- *
- * function Counter() {
- *   const value = useCell(count);
- *   return (
- *     <button onClick={() => count.set(v => v + 1)}>
- *       Count: {value}
- *     </button>
- *   );
- * }
- * ```
- */
-export function useCell<T>(c: Cell<T>) {
-  return useSyncExternalStore(c.subscribe, c.get, c.get);
-}
--- a/src/utils/duplicateIndices.ts
+++ b/src/utils/duplicateIndices.ts
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Find the indices of all elements that occur more than once.
- *
- * @param array The array to search for duplicates.
- * @returns An array of indices where an element occurs more than once, in no particular order.
- */
-export default function duplicateIndices<T>(array: T[]): number[] {
-  const positions = new Map<T, number[]>();
-
-  array.forEach((value, i) => {
-    if (!positions.has(value)) positions.set(value, []);
-    positions.get(value)!.push(i);
-  });
-
-  // flatten all index lists with more than one element
-  return Array.from(positions.values())
-    .filter(idxs => idxs.length > 1)
-    .flat();
-}
--- a/src/utils/formatDuration.ts
+++ b/src/utils/formatDuration.ts
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Format a time duration like `HH:MM:SS.mmm`.
- *
- * @param durationMs time duration in milliseconds.
- * @return formatted time string.
- */
-export default function formatDuration(durationMs: number): string {
-  const isNegative = durationMs < 0;
-  if (isNegative) durationMs = -durationMs;
-
-  const hours = Math.floor(durationMs / 3600000);
-  const minutes = Math.floor((durationMs % 3600000) / 60000);
-  const seconds = Math.floor((durationMs % 60000) / 1000);
-  const milliseconds = Math.floor(durationMs % 1000);
-
-  return (isNegative ? '-' : '') +
-    `${hours.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:` +
-    `${minutes.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:` +
-    `${seconds.toString().padStart(2, '0')}.` +
-    `${milliseconds.toString().padStart(3, '0')}`;
-}
--- a/src/utils/priorityFiltering.ts
+++ b/src/utils/priorityFiltering.ts
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-export type PriorityFilterPredicate<T> = {
-  priority: number;
-  predicate: (element: T) => boolean | null; // The predicate and its priority are ignored if it returns null.
-}
-
-/**
- * Applies a list of priority predicates to an element. For all predicates that don't return null, if the ones with the highest level return true, then this function returns true.
- * @param element The element to apply the predicates to.
- * @param predicates The list of predicates to apply.
- */
-export function applyPriorityPredicates<T>(element: T, predicates: PriorityFilterPredicate<T>[]): boolean {
-  let highestPriority = -1;
-  let highestKeep = true;
-  for (const predicate of predicates) {
-    if (predicate.priority >= highestPriority) {
-      const predicateKeep = predicate.predicate(element);
-      if (predicateKeep === null) continue; // This predicate doesn't care about the element, so skip it
-      if (predicate.priority > highestPriority) highestKeep = true;
-      highestPriority = predicate.priority;
-      highestKeep = highestKeep && predicateKeep;
-    }
-  }
-  return highestKeep;
-}
--- a/test/components/Logging/Filters.test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/Logging/Filters.test.tsx
@@ -1,328 +0,0 @@
-import {render, screen, waitFor, fireEvent} from "@testing-library/react";
-import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import * as React from "react";
-
-type ControlledUseState = typeof React.useState & {
-  __forceNextReturn?: (value: any) => jest.Mock;
-  __resetMockState?: () => void;
-};
-
-jest.mock("react", () => {
-  const actual = jest.requireActual("react");
-  const queue: Array<{value: any; setter: jest.Mock}> = [];
-  const mockUseState = ((initial: any) => {
-    if (queue.length) {
-      const {value, setter} = queue.shift()!;
-      return [value, setter];
-    }
-    return actual.useState(initial);
-  }) as ControlledUseState;
-
-  mockUseState.__forceNextReturn = (value: any) => {
-    const setter = jest.fn();
-    queue.push({value, setter});
-    return setter;
-  };
-  mockUseState.__resetMockState = () => {
-    queue.length = 0;
-  };
-
-  return {
-    __esModule: true,
-    ...actual,
-    useState: mockUseState,
-  };
-});
-import Filters from "../../../src/components/Logging/Filters.tsx";
-import type {LogFilterPredicate, LogRecord} from "../../../src/components/Logging/useLogs.ts";
-
-const GLOBAL = "global_log_level";
-const AGENT_PREFIX = "agent_log_level_";
-const optionMapping = new Map([
-  ["ALL", 0],
-  ["DEBUG", 10],
-  ["INFO", 20],
-  ["WARNING", 30],
-  ["ERROR", 40],
-  ["CRITICAL", 50],
-  ["NONE", 999_999_999_999],
-]);
-
-const controlledUseState = React.useState as ControlledUseState;
-
-afterEach(() => {
-  controlledUseState.__resetMockState?.();
-});
-
-function getCallArg<T>(mock: jest.Mock, index = 0): T {
-  return mock.mock.calls[index][0] as T;
-}
-
-function sampleRecord(levelno: number, name = "any.logger"): LogRecord {
-  return {
-    levelname: "UNKNOWN",
-    levelno,
-    name,
-    message: "Whatever",
-    created: 0,
-    relativeCreated: 0,
-    firstCreated: 0,
-    firstRelativeCreated: 0,
-  };
-}
-
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-describe("Filters", () => {
-  describe("Global level filter", () => {
-    it("initializes to INFO when missing", async () => {
-      const setFilterPredicates = jest.fn();
-      const filterPredicates = new Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>();
-
-      const view = render(
-        <Filters
-          filterPredicates={filterPredicates}
-          setFilterPredicates={setFilterPredicates}
-          agentNames={new Set<string>()}
-        />
-      );
-
-      // Effect sets default to INFO
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        expect(setFilterPredicates).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      });
-
-      const updater = getCallArg<(prev: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) => Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>>(setFilterPredicates);
-      const newMap = updater(filterPredicates);
-      const global = newMap.get(GLOBAL)!;
-
-      expect(global.value).toBe("INFO");
-      expect(global.priority).toBe(0);
-      // Predicate gate at INFO (>= 20)
-      expect(global.predicate(sampleRecord(10))).toBe(false);
-      expect(global.predicate(sampleRecord(20))).toBe(true);
-
-      // UI shows INFO selected after parent state updates
-      view.rerender(
-        <Filters
-          filterPredicates={newMap}
-          setFilterPredicates={setFilterPredicates}
-          agentNames={new Set<string>()}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const globalSelect = screen.getByLabelText("Global:");
-      expect((globalSelect as HTMLSelectElement).value).toBe("INFO");
-    });
-
-    it("updates predicate when selecting a higher level", async () => {
-      // Start with INFO already present
-      const existing = new Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>([
-        [
-          GLOBAL,
-          {
-            value: "INFO",
-            priority: 0,
-            predicate: (r: any) => r.levelno >= optionMapping.get("INFO")!
-          }
-        ]
-      ]);
-
-      const setFilterPredicates = jest.fn();
-      const user = userEvent.setup();
-
-      render(
-        <Filters
-          filterPredicates={existing}
-          setFilterPredicates={setFilterPredicates}
-          agentNames={new Set<string>()}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const select = screen.getByLabelText("Global:");
-      await user.selectOptions(select, "ERROR");
-
-      const updater = getCallArg<(prev: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) => Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>>(setFilterPredicates);
-      const updated = updater(existing);
-      const global = updated.get(GLOBAL)!;
-
-      expect(global.value).toBe("ERROR");
-      expect(global.priority).toBe(0);
-      expect(global.predicate(sampleRecord(30))).toBe(false);
-      expect(global.predicate(sampleRecord(40))).toBe(true);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("Agent level filters", () => {
-    it("adds an agent using the current global level when none specified", async () => {
-      // Global set to WARNING
-      const existing = new Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>([
-        [
-          GLOBAL,
-          {
-            value: "WARNING",
-            priority: 0,
-            predicate: (r: any) => r.levelno >= optionMapping.get("WARNING")!
-          }
-        ]
-      ]);
-
-      const setFilterPredicates = jest.fn();
-      const user = userEvent.setup();
-
-      render(
-        <Filters
-          filterPredicates={existing}
-          setFilterPredicates={setFilterPredicates}
-          agentNames={new Set<string>(["pepper.speech", "vision.agent"])}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const addSelect = screen.getByLabelText("Add:");
-      await user.selectOptions(addSelect, "pepper.speech");
-
-      // Agent setter is functional: prev => next
-      const updater = getCallArg<(prev: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) => Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>>(setFilterPredicates);
-      const next = updater(existing);
-
-      const key = AGENT_PREFIX + "pepper.speech";
-      const agentPred = next.get(key)!;
-
-      expect(agentPred.priority).toBe(1);
-      expect(agentPred.value).toEqual({agentName: "pepper.speech", level: "WARNING"});
-      // When agentName matches, enforce WARNING (>= 30)
-      expect(agentPred.predicate(sampleRecord(20, "pepper.speech"))).toBe(false);
-      expect(agentPred.predicate(sampleRecord(30, "pepper.speech"))).toBe(true);
-      // Other agents -> null
-      expect(agentPred.predicate(sampleRecord(999, "other"))).toBeNull();
-    });
-
-    it("changes an agent's level when its select is updated", async () => {
-      // Prepopulate agent predicate at WARNING
-      const key = AGENT_PREFIX + "pepper.speech";
-      const existing = new Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>([
-        [
-          GLOBAL,
-          {
-            value: "INFO",
-            priority: 0,
-            predicate: (r: any) => r.levelno >= optionMapping.get("INFO")!
-          }
-        ],
-        [
-          key,
-          {
-            value: {agentName: "pepper.speech", level: "WARNING"},
-            priority: 1,
-            predicate: (r: any) => (r.name === "pepper.speech" ? r.levelno >= optionMapping.get("WARNING")! : null)
-          }
-        ]
-      ]);
-
-      const setFilterPredicates = jest.fn();
-      const user = userEvent.setup();
-
-      const element = render(
-        <Filters
-          filterPredicates={existing}
-          setFilterPredicates={setFilterPredicates}
-          agentNames={new Set(["pepper.speech"])}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const agentSelect = element.container.querySelector("select#log_level_pepper\\.speech")!;
-
-      await user.selectOptions(agentSelect, "ERROR");
-
-      const updater = getCallArg<(prev: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) => Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>>(setFilterPredicates);
-      const next = updater(existing);
-      const updated = next.get(key)!;
-
-      expect(updated.value).toEqual({agentName: "pepper.speech", level: "ERROR"});
-      // Threshold moved to ERROR (>= 40)
-      expect(updated.predicate(sampleRecord(30, "pepper.speech"))).toBe(false);
-      expect(updated.predicate(sampleRecord(40, "pepper.speech"))).toBe(true);
-    });
-
-    it("deletes an agent predicate when clicking its name button", async () => {
-      const key = AGENT_PREFIX + "pepper.speech";
-      const existing = new Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>([
-        [
-          GLOBAL,
-          {
-            value: "INFO",
-            priority: 0,
-            predicate: (r: any) => r.levelno >= optionMapping.get("INFO")!
-          }
-        ],
-        [
-          key,
-          {
-            value: {agentName: "pepper.speech", level: "INFO"},
-            priority: 1,
-            predicate: (r: any) => (r.name === "pepper.speech" ? r.levelno >= optionMapping.get("INFO")! : null)
-          }
-        ]
-      ]);
-
-      const setFilterPredicates = jest.fn();
-      const user = userEvent.setup();
-
-      render(
-        <Filters
-          filterPredicates={existing}
-          setFilterPredicates={setFilterPredicates}
-          agentNames={new Set<string>(["pepper.speech"])}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const deleteBtn = screen.getByRole("button", {name: "speech:"});
-      await user.click(deleteBtn);
-
-      const updater = getCallArg<(prev: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) => Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>>(setFilterPredicates);
-      const next = updater(existing);
-      expect(next.has(key)).toBe(false);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("Filter popup behavior", () => {
-    function renderWithPopupOpen() {
-      const existing = new Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>([
-        [
-          GLOBAL,
-          {
-            value: "INFO",
-            priority: 0,
-            predicate: (r: any) => r.levelno >= optionMapping.get("INFO")!
-          }
-        ]
-      ]);
-      const setFilterPredicates = jest.fn();
-      const forceNext = controlledUseState.__forceNextReturn;
-      if (!forceNext) throw new Error("useState mock missing helper");
-      const setOpen = forceNext(true);
-
-      render(
-        <Filters
-          filterPredicates={existing}
-          setFilterPredicates={setFilterPredicates}
-          agentNames={new Set(["pepper.vision"])}
-        />
-      );
-
-      return { setOpen };
-    }
-
-    it("closes the popup when clicking outside", () => {
-      const { setOpen } = renderWithPopupOpen();
-      fireEvent.mouseDown(document.body);
-      expect(setOpen).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
-    });
-
-    it("closes the popup when pressing Escape", () => {
-      const { setOpen } = renderWithPopupOpen();
-      fireEvent.keyDown(document, { key: "Escape" });
-      expect(setOpen).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
-    });
-  });
-});
--- a/test/components/Logging/Logging.test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/Logging/Logging.test.tsx
@@ -1,239 +0,0 @@
-import {render, screen, fireEvent, act, waitFor} from "@testing-library/react";
-import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import "@testing-library/jest-dom";
-import type {Cell} from "../../../src/utils/cellStore.ts";
-import {cell} from "../../../src/utils/cellStore.ts";
-import type {LogFilterPredicate, LogRecord} from "../../../src/components/Logging/useLogs.ts";
-
-const mockFiltersRender = jest.fn();
-const loggingStoreRef: { current: null | { setState: (state: Partial<LoggingSettingsState>) => void } } = { current: null };
-
-type LoggingSettingsState = {
-  showRelativeTime: boolean;
-  setShowRelativeTime: (show: boolean) => void;
-  scrollToBottom: boolean;
-  setScrollToBottom: (scroll: boolean) => void;
-};
-
-jest.mock("zustand", () => {
-  const actual = jest.requireActual("zustand");
-  const actualCreate = actual.create;
-  return {
-    __esModule: true,
-    ...actual,
-    create: (...args: any[]) => {
-      const store = actualCreate(...args);
-      const state = store.getState();
-      if ("setShowRelativeTime" in state && "setScrollToBottom" in state) {
-        loggingStoreRef.current = store;
-      }
-      return store;
-    },
-  };
-});
-
-jest.mock("../../../src/components/Logging/Filters.tsx", () => {
-  const React = jest.requireActual("react");
-  return {
-    __esModule: true,
-    default: (props: any) => {
-      mockFiltersRender(props);
-      return React.createElement("div", {"data-testid": "filters-mock"}, "filters");
-    },
-  };
-});
-
-jest.mock("../../../src/components/Logging/useLogs.ts", () => {
-  const actual = jest.requireActual("../../../src/components/Logging/useLogs.ts");
-  return {
-    __esModule: true,
-    ...actual,
-    useLogs: jest.fn(),
-  };
-});
-
-import {useLogs} from "../../../src/components/Logging/useLogs.ts";
-const mockUseLogs = useLogs as jest.MockedFunction<typeof useLogs>;
-
-type LoggingComponent = typeof import("../../../src/components/Logging/Logging.tsx").default;
-let Logging: LoggingComponent;
-
-beforeAll(async () => {
-  if (!Element.prototype.scrollIntoView) {
-    Object.defineProperty(Element.prototype, "scrollIntoView", {
-      configurable: true,
-      writable: true,
-      value: function () {},
-    });
-  }
-
-  ({default: Logging} = await import("../../../src/components/Logging/Logging.tsx"));
-});
-
-beforeEach(() => {
-  mockUseLogs.mockReset();
-  mockFiltersRender.mockReset();
-  mockUseLogs.mockReturnValue({filteredLogs: [], distinctNames: new Set()});
-  resetLoggingStore();
-});
-
-afterEach(() => {
-  jest.restoreAllMocks();
-});
-
-function resetLoggingStore() {
-  loggingStoreRef.current?.setState({
-    showRelativeTime: false,
-    scrollToBottom: true,
-  });
-}
-
-function makeRecord(overrides: Partial<LogRecord> = {}): LogRecord {
-  return {
-    name: "pepper.logger",
-    message: "default",
-    levelname: "INFO",
-    levelno: 20,
-    created: 1,
-    relativeCreated: 1,
-    firstCreated: 1,
-    firstRelativeCreated: 1,
-    ...overrides,
-  };
-}
-
-function makeCell(overrides: Partial<LogRecord> = {}): Cell<LogRecord> {
-  return cell(makeRecord(overrides));
-}
-
-describe("Logging component", () => {
-  it("renders log messages and toggles the timestamp between absolute and relative view", async () => {
-    const logCell = makeCell({
-      name: "pepper.trace.logging",
-      message: "Ping",
-      levelname: "WARNING",
-      levelno: 30,
-      created: 1_700_000_000,
-      relativeCreated: 12_345,
-      firstCreated: 1_700_000_000,
-      firstRelativeCreated: 12_345,
-    });
-
-    const names = new Set(["pepper.trace.logging"]);
-    mockUseLogs.mockReturnValue({filteredLogs: [logCell], distinctNames: names});
-
-    jest.spyOn(Date.prototype, "toLocaleTimeString").mockReturnValue("ABS TIME");
-    const user = userEvent.setup();
-
-    render(<Logging/>);
-
-    expect(screen.getByText("Logs")).toBeDefined();
-    expect(screen.getByText("WARNING")).toBeDefined();
-    expect(screen.getByText("logging")).toBeDefined();
-    expect(screen.getByText("Ping")).toBeDefined();
-
-    let timestamp = screen.queryByText("ABS TIME");
-    if (!timestamp) {
-      // if previous test left the store toggled, click once to show absolute time
-      timestamp = screen.getByText("00:00:12.345");
-      await user.click(timestamp);
-      timestamp = screen.getByText("ABS TIME");
-    }
-
-    await user.click(timestamp);
-    expect(screen.getByText("00:00:12.345")).toBeDefined();
-  });
-
-  it("shows the scroll-to-bottom button after a manual scroll and scrolls when clicked", async () => {
-    const logs = [
-      makeCell({message: "first", firstRelativeCreated: 1}),
-      makeCell({message: "second", firstRelativeCreated: 2}),
-    ];
-    mockUseLogs.mockReturnValue({filteredLogs: logs, distinctNames: new Set()});
-
-    const scrollSpy = jest.spyOn(Element.prototype, "scrollIntoView").mockImplementation(() => {});
-    const user = userEvent.setup();
-    const view = render(<Logging/>);
-
-    expect(screen.queryByRole("button", {name: "Scroll to bottom"})).toBeNull();
-
-    const scrollable = view.container.querySelector(".scroll-y");
-    expect(scrollable).toBeTruthy();
-
-    fireEvent.wheel(scrollable!);
-
-    const button = await screen.findByRole("button", {name: "Scroll to bottom"});
-    await user.click(button);
-
-    expect(scrollSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(screen.queryByRole("button", {name: "Scroll to bottom"})).toBeNull();
-    });
-  });
-
-  it("scrolls the last element into view when a log cell updates", async () => {
-    const logCell = makeCell({message: "Initial", firstRelativeCreated: 42});
-    mockUseLogs.mockReturnValue({filteredLogs: [logCell], distinctNames: new Set()});
-
-    const scrollSpy = jest.spyOn(Element.prototype, "scrollIntoView").mockImplementation(() => {});
-    render(<Logging/>);
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(scrollSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    });
-    scrollSpy.mockClear();
-
-    act(() => {
-      const current = logCell.get();
-      logCell.set({...current, message: "Updated"});
-    });
-
-    expect(screen.getByText("Updated")).toBeDefined();
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(scrollSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    });
-  });
-
-  it("passes filter state to Filters and re-invokes useLogs when predicates change", async () => {
-    const distinct = new Set(["pepper.core"]);
-    mockUseLogs.mockImplementation((_filters: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) => ({
-      filteredLogs: [],
-      distinctNames: distinct,
-    }));
-
-    render(<Logging/>);
-
-    expect(mockFiltersRender).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const firstProps = mockFiltersRender.mock.calls[0][0];
-    expect(firstProps.agentNames).toBe(distinct);
-
-    const initialMap = firstProps.filterPredicates;
-    expect(initialMap).toBeInstanceOf(Map);
-    expect(initialMap.size).toBe(0);
-    expect(mockUseLogs).toHaveBeenCalledWith(initialMap);
-
-    const updatedPredicate: LogFilterPredicate = {
-      value: "custom",
-      priority: 0,
-      predicate: () => true,
-    };
-
-    act(() => {
-      firstProps.setFilterPredicates((prev: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) => {
-        const next = new Map(prev);
-        next.set("custom", updatedPredicate);
-        return next;
-      });
-    });
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(mockUseLogs).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-    });
-
-    const nextFilters = mockUseLogs.mock.calls[1][0];
-    expect(nextFilters.get("custom")).toBe(updatedPredicate);
-
-    const secondProps = mockFiltersRender.mock.calls[mockFiltersRender.mock.calls.length - 1][0];
-    expect(secondProps.filterPredicates).toBe(nextFilters);
-  });
-});
--- a/test/components/Logging/useLogs.test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/Logging/useLogs.test.tsx
@@ -1,246 +0,0 @@
-import { render, screen, act } from "@testing-library/react";
-import "@testing-library/jest-dom";
-import {type LogRecord, useLogs} from "../../../src/components/Logging/useLogs.ts";
-import {type cell, useCell} from "../../../src/utils/cellStore.ts";
-import { StrictMode } from "react";
-
-jest.mock("../../../src/utils/priorityFiltering.ts", () => ({
-  applyPriorityPredicates: jest.fn((_log, preds: any[]) =>
-    preds.every(() => true) // default: pass all
-  ),
-}));
-import {applyPriorityPredicates} from "../../../src/utils/priorityFiltering.ts";
-
-class MockEventSource {
-  url: string;
-  onmessage: ((event: { data: string }) => void) | null = null;
-  onerror: ((event: unknown) => void) | null = null;
-  close = jest.fn();
-
-  constructor(url: string) {
-    this.url = url;
-    // expose the latest instance for tests:
-    (globalThis as any).__es = this;
-  }
-}
-
-beforeAll(() => {
-  globalThis.EventSource = MockEventSource as any;
-});
-
-afterEach(() => {
-  // reset mock so previous instance not reused accidentally
-  (globalThis as any).__es = undefined;
-  jest.clearAllMocks();
-});
-
-function LogsProbe({ filters }: { filters: Map<string, any> }) {
-  const { filteredLogs, distinctNames } = useLogs(filters);
-
-  return (
-    <div>
-      <div data-testid="names-count">{distinctNames.size}</div>
-      <ul data-testid="logs">
-        {filteredLogs.map((c, i) => (
-          <LogItem key={i} cell={c} index={i} />
-        ))}
-      </ul>
-    </div>
-  );
-}
-
-function LogItem({ cell: c, index }: { cell: ReturnType<typeof cell<LogRecord>>; index: number }) {
-  const value = useCell(c);
-  return (
-    <li data-testid={`log-${index}`}>
-      <span data-testid={`log-${index}-name`}>{value.name}</span>
-      <span data-testid={`log-${index}-msg`}>{value.message}</span>
-      <span data-testid={`log-${index}-first`}>{String(value.firstCreated)}</span>
-      <span data-testid={`log-${index}-created`}>{String(value.created)}</span>
-      <span data-testid={`log-${index}-ref`}>{value.reference ?? ""}</span>
-    </li>
-  );
-}
-
-function emit(log: LogRecord) {
-  const eventSource = (globalThis as any).__es as MockEventSource;
-  if (!eventSource || !eventSource.onmessage) throw new Error("EventSource not initialized");
-  act(() => {
-    eventSource.onmessage!({ data: JSON.stringify(log) });
-  });
-}
-
-describe("useLogs (unit)", () => {
-  it("creates EventSource once and closes on unmount", () => {
-    const filters = new Map(); // allow all by default
-    const { unmount } = render(
-      <StrictMode>
-        <LogsProbe filters={filters} />
-      </StrictMode>
-    );
-    const es = (globalThis as any).__es as MockEventSource;
-    expect(es).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(es.url).toBe("http://localhost:8000/logs/stream");
-
-    unmount();
-    expect(es.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-  });
-
-  it("appends filtered logs and collects distinct names", () => {
-    const filters = new Map();
-    render(
-      <StrictMode>
-        <LogsProbe filters={filters} />
-      </StrictMode>
-    );
-
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("names-count")).toHaveTextContent("0");
-
-    emit({
-      levelname: "DEBUG",
-      levelno: 10,
-      name: "alpha",
-      message: "m1",
-      created: 1,
-      relativeCreated: 1,
-      firstCreated: 1,
-      firstRelativeCreated: 1,
-    });
-    emit({
-      levelname: "DEBUG",
-      levelno: 10,
-      name: "beta",
-      message: "m2",
-      created: 2,
-      relativeCreated: 2,
-      firstCreated: 2,
-      firstRelativeCreated: 2,
-    });
-    emit({
-      levelname: "DEBUG",
-      levelno: 10,
-      name: "alpha",
-      message: "m3",
-      created: 3,
-      relativeCreated: 3,
-      firstCreated: 3,
-      firstRelativeCreated: 3,
-    });
-
-    // 3 messages (no reference), 2 distinct names
-    expect(screen.getAllByRole("listitem")).toHaveLength(3);
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("names-count")).toHaveTextContent("2");
-
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("log-0-name")).toHaveTextContent("alpha");
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("log-1-name")).toHaveTextContent("beta");
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("log-2-name")).toHaveTextContent("alpha");
-  });
-
-  it("updates first message with reference when a second one with that reference comes", () => {
-    const filters = new Map();
-    render(<LogsProbe filters={filters} />);
-
-    // First message with ref r1
-    emit({
-      levelname: "DEBUG",
-      levelno: 10,
-      name: "svc",
-      message: "first",
-      reference: "r1",
-      created: 10,
-      relativeCreated: 10,
-      firstCreated: 10,
-      firstRelativeCreated: 10,
-    });
-
-    // Second message with same ref r1, should still be a single item
-    emit({
-      levelname: "DEBUG",
-      levelno: 10,
-      name: "svc",
-      message: "second",
-      reference: "r1",
-      created: 20,
-      relativeCreated: 20,
-      firstCreated: 20,
-      firstRelativeCreated: 20,
-    });
-
-    const items = screen.getAllByRole("listitem");
-    expect(items).toHaveLength(1);
-
-    // Same single item, but message should be "second"
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("log-0-msg")).toHaveTextContent("second");
-    // The "firstCreated" should remain the original (10), while "created" is now 20
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("log-0-first")).toHaveTextContent("10");
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("log-0-created")).toHaveTextContent("20");
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("log-0-ref")).toHaveTextContent("r1");
-  });
-
-  it("runs recomputeFiltered when filters change", () => {
-    const allowAll = new Map<string, any>();
-    const { rerender } = render(<LogsProbe filters={allowAll} />);
-
-    emit({
-      levelname: "DEBUG",
-      levelno: 10,
-      name: "n1",
-      message: "ok",
-      created: 1,
-      relativeCreated: 1,
-      firstCreated: 1,
-      firstRelativeCreated: 1,
-    });
-    emit({
-      levelname: "DEBUG",
-      levelno: 10,
-      name: "n2",
-      message: "ok",
-      created: 2,
-      relativeCreated: 2,
-      firstCreated: 2,
-      firstRelativeCreated: 2,
-    });
-    emit({
-      levelname: "INFO",
-      levelno: 20,
-      name: "n3",
-      message: "ok1",
-      reference: "r1",
-      created: 3,
-      relativeCreated: 3,
-      firstCreated: 3,
-      firstRelativeCreated: 3,
-    });
-    emit({
-      levelname: "INFO",
-      levelno: 20,
-      name: "n3",
-      message: "ok2",
-      reference: "r1",
-      created: 4,
-      relativeCreated: 4,
-      firstCreated: 4,
-      firstRelativeCreated: 4,
-    });
-
-    expect(screen.getAllByRole("listitem")).toHaveLength(3);
-
-    // Now change filters to block all < INFO
-    (applyPriorityPredicates as jest.Mock).mockImplementation((l) => l.levelno >= 20);
-    const blockDebug = new Map<string, any>([["dummy", { value: true }]]);
-    rerender(<LogsProbe filters={blockDebug} />);
-
-    // Should recompute with shorter list
-    expect(screen.queryAllByRole("listitem")).toHaveLength(1);
-
-    // Switch back to allow-all
-    (applyPriorityPredicates as jest.Mock).mockImplementation((_log, preds: any[]) =>
-      preds.every(() => true)
-    );
-    rerender(<LogsProbe filters={allowAll} />);
-
-    // recompute should restore all three
-    expect(screen.getAllByRole("listitem")).toHaveLength(3);
-  });
-});
--- a/test/eslint.config.js.ts
+++ b/test/eslint.config.js.ts
--- a/test/pages/connectedRobots/ConnectedRobots.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/connectedRobots/ConnectedRobots.test.tsx
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-import { render, screen, act, cleanup, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
-import ConnectedRobots from '../../../src/pages/ConnectedRobots/ConnectedRobots';
-
-// Mock event source
-const mockInstances: MockEventSource[] = [];
-class MockEventSource {
-  url: string;
-  onmessage: ((event: MessageEvent) => void) | null = null;
-  closed = false;
-
-  constructor(url: string) {
-    this.url = url;
-    mockInstances.push(this);
-  }
-
-  sendMessage(data: string) {
-    // Trigger whatever the component listens to
-    this.onmessage?.({ data } as MessageEvent);
-  }
-
-  close() {
-    this.closed = true;
-  }
-}
-
-// mock event source generation with fake function that returns our fake mock source
-beforeAll(() => {
-  // Cast globalThis to a type exposing EventSource and assign a mocked constructor.
-  (globalThis as unknown as { EventSource?: typeof EventSource }).EventSource =
-    jest.fn((url: string) => new MockEventSource(url)) as unknown as typeof EventSource;
-});
-
-// clean after tests
-afterEach(() => {
-  cleanup();
-  jest.restoreAllMocks();
-  mockInstances.length = 0;
-});
-
-describe('ConnectedRobots', () => {
-  test('renders initial state correctly', () => {
-    render(<ConnectedRobots />);
-    
-    // Check initial texts (before connection)
-    expect(screen.getByText('Is robot currently connected?')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText(/Robot is currently:\s*checking/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(
-      screen.getByText(/If checking continues, make sure CB is properly loaded/i)
-    ).toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
-  test('updates to connected when message data is true', async () => {
-    render(<ConnectedRobots />);
-    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
-    expect(eventSource).toBeDefined();
-
-    // Check state after getting 'true' message
-    await act(async () => {
-      eventSource.sendMessage('true');
-    });
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(screen.getByText(/connected! 🟢/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('updates to not connected when message data is false', async () => {
-    render(<ConnectedRobots />);
-    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
-
-    // Check statew after getting 'false' message
-    await act(async () => {
-      eventSource.sendMessage('false');
-    });
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(screen.getByText(/not connected.*🔴/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('handles invalid JSON gracefully', async () => {
-    const logSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-    render(<ConnectedRobots />);
-    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
-
-    await act(async () => {
-      eventSource.sendMessage('not-json');
-    });
-
-    expect(logSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      'Ping message not in correct format:',
-      'not-json'
-    );
-  });
-
-  test('closes EventSource on unmount', () => {
-    render(<ConnectedRobots />);
-    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
-    const closeSpy = jest.spyOn(eventSource, 'close');
-    cleanup(); 
-    expect(closeSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(eventSource.closed).toBe(true);
-  });
-});
--- a/test/pages/robot/Robot.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/robot/Robot.test.tsx
@@ -1,167 +0,0 @@
-import { render, screen, act, cleanup, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
-import Robot from '../../../src/pages/Robot/Robot';
-
-// Mock EventSource
-const mockInstances: MockEventSource[] = [];
-class MockEventSource {
-  url: string;
-  onmessage: ((event: MessageEvent) => void) | null = null;
-  closed = false;
-
-  constructor(url: string) {
-    this.url = url;
-    mockInstances.push(this);
-  }
-
-  sendMessage(data: string) {
-    this.onmessage?.({ data } as MessageEvent);
-  }
-
-  close() {
-    this.closed = true;
-  }
-}
-
-// Mock global EventSource
-beforeAll(() => {
-  (globalThis as any).EventSource = jest.fn((url: string) => new MockEventSource(url));
-});
-
-// Mock fetch
-beforeEach(() => {
-  globalThis.fetch = jest.fn(() =>
-    Promise.resolve({
-      json: () => Promise.resolve({ reply: 'ok' }),
-    })
-  ) as jest.Mock;
-});
-
-// Cleanup
-afterEach(() => {
-  cleanup();
-  jest.restoreAllMocks();
-  mockInstances.length = 0;
-});
-
-describe('Robot', () => {
-  test('renders initial state', () => {
-    render(<Robot />);
-    expect(screen.getByText('Robot interaction')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText('Force robot speech')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText('Listening 🔴')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Enter a message')).toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
-  test('sends message via button', async () => {
-    render(<Robot />);
-    const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Enter a message');
-    const button = screen.getByText('Speak');
-
-    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: 'Hello' } });
-    await act(async () => fireEvent.click(button));
-
-    expect(globalThis.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      'http://localhost:8000/message',
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        method: 'POST',
-        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ message: 'Hello' }),
-      })
-    );
-  });
-
-  test('sends message via Enter key', async () => {
-    render(<Robot />);
-    const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Enter a message');
-    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: 'Hi Enter' } });
-
-    await act(async () =>
-      fireEvent.keyDown(input, { key: 'Enter', code: 'Enter', charCode: 13 })
-    );
-
-    expect(globalThis.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      'http://localhost:8000/message',
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        method: 'POST',
-        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ message: 'Hi Enter' }),
-      })
-    );
-    expect((input as HTMLInputElement).value).toBe('');
-  });
-
-  test('handles fetch errors', async () => {
-    globalThis.fetch = jest.fn(() => Promise.reject('Network error')) as jest.Mock;
-    const consoleSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
-
-    render(<Robot />);
-    const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Enter a message');
-    const button = screen.getByText('Speak');
-    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: 'Error test' } });
-
-    await act(async () => fireEvent.click(button));
-
-    expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      'Error sending message: ',
-      'Network error'
-    );
-  });
-
-  test('updates conversation on SSE', async () => {
-    render(<Robot />);
-    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
-
-    await act(async () => {
-      eventSource.sendMessage(JSON.stringify({ voice_active: true }));
-      eventSource.sendMessage(JSON.stringify({ speech: 'User says hi' }));
-      eventSource.sendMessage(JSON.stringify({ llm_response: 'Assistant replies' }));
-    });
-
-    expect(screen.getByText('Listening 🟢')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText('User says hi')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText('Assistant replies')).toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
-  test('handles invalid SSE JSON', async () => {
-    const logSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-    render(<Robot />);
-    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
-
-    await act(async () => eventSource.sendMessage('bad-json'));
-
-    expect(logSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Unparsable SSE message:', 'bad-json');
-  });
-
-  test('resets conversation with Reset button', async () => {
-    render(<Robot />);
-    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
-
-    await act(async () =>
-      eventSource.sendMessage(JSON.stringify({ speech: 'Hello' }))
-    );
-    expect(screen.getByText('Hello')).toBeInTheDocument();
-
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Reset'));
-    expect(screen.queryByText('Hello')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
-  test('toggles conversationIndex with Stop/Start button', () => {
-    render(<Robot />);
-    const stopButton = screen.getByText('Stop');
-    fireEvent.click(stopButton);
-    expect(screen.getByText('Start')).toBeInTheDocument();
-
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Start'));
-    expect(screen.getByText('Stop')).toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
-  test('closes EventSource on unmount', () => {
-    const { unmount } = render(<Robot />);
-    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
-    const closeSpy = jest.spyOn(eventSource, 'close');
-
-    unmount();
-    expect(closeSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(eventSource.closed).toBe(true);
-  });
-});
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/EditorUndoRedo.test.ts
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/EditorUndoRedo.test.ts
@@ -1,239 +0,0 @@
-import {act} from '@testing-library/react';
-import useFlowStore from '../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx';
-import { mockReactFlow } from '../../../setupFlowTests.ts';
-
-
-beforeAll(() => {
-  mockReactFlow();
-});
-
-describe("UndoRedo Middleware", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    jest.useFakeTimers();
-  });
-
-  test("pushSnapshot adds a snapshot to past and clears future", () => {
-    const store = useFlowStore;
-
-    store.setState({
-      nodes: [{
-        id: 'A',
-        type: 'default',
-        position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-        data: {label: 'A'}
-      }],
-      edges: [],
-      past: [],
-      future: [{
-        nodes: [
-          {
-            id: 'A',
-            type: 'default',
-            position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-            data: {label: 'A'}
-          },
-        ],
-        edges: []
-      }],
-    });
-
-    act(() => {
-      store.getState().pushSnapshot();
-    })
-
-    const state = store.getState();
-    expect(state.past.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(state.past[0]).toEqual({
-      nodes: [{
-        id: 'A',
-        type: 'default',
-        position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-        data: {label: 'A'}
-      }],
-      edges: []
-    });
-    expect(state.future).toEqual([]);
-  });
-
-  test("pushSnapshot does nothing during batch action", () => {
-    const store = useFlowStore;
-
-    act(() => {
-      store.setState({ isBatchAction: true });
-      store.getState().pushSnapshot();
-    })
-
-    expect(store.getState().past.length).toBe(0);
-  });
-
-  test("undo restores last snapshot and pushes current snapshot to future", () => {
-    const store = useFlowStore;
-
-    // initial state
-    store.setState({
-      nodes: [{
-        id: 'A',
-        type: 'default',
-        position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-        data: {label: 'A'}
-      }],
-      edges: []
-    });
-
-    act(() => {
-      store.getState().pushSnapshot();
-
-      // modified state
-      store.setState({
-        nodes: [{
-          id: 'B',
-          type: 'default',
-          position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-          data: {label: 'B'}
-        }],
-        edges: []
-      });
-
-      store.getState().undo();
-    })
-
-    expect(store.getState().nodes).toEqual([{
-      id: 'A',
-      type: 'default',
-      position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-      data: {label: 'A'}
-    }]);
-    expect(store.getState().future.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(store.getState().future[0]).toEqual({
-      nodes: [{
-        id: 'B',
-        type: 'default',
-        position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-        data: {label: 'B'}
-      }],
-      edges: []
-    });
-  });
-
-  test("undo does nothing when past is empty", () => {
-    const store = useFlowStore;
-
-    store.setState({past: []});
-
-    act(() => { store.getState().undo(); });
-
-    expect(store.getState().nodes).toEqual([]);
-    expect(store.getState().future).toEqual([]);
-  });
-
-  test("redo restores last future snapshot and pushes current to past", () => {
-    const store = useFlowStore;
-
-    // initial
-    store.setState({
-      nodes: [{
-        id: 'A',
-        type: 'default',
-        position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-        data: {label: 'A'}
-      }],
-      edges: []
-    });
-
-    act(() => {
-      store.getState().pushSnapshot();
-      store.setState({
-        nodes: [{
-          id: 'B',
-          type: 'default',
-          position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-          data: {label: 'B'}
-        }],
-        edges: []
-      });
-
-
-      store.getState().undo();
-
-      // redo should restore node with id 'B'
-      store.getState().redo();
-    })
-
-    expect(store.getState().nodes).toEqual([{
-      id: 'B',
-      type: 'default',
-      position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-      data: {label: 'B'}
-    }]);
-    expect(store.getState().past.length).toBe(1); // snapshot A stored
-    expect(store.getState().past[0]).toEqual({
-      nodes: [{
-        id: 'A',
-        type: 'default',
-        position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-        data: {label: 'A'}
-      }],
-      edges: []
-    });
-  });
-
-  test("redo does nothing when future is empty", () => {
-    const store = useFlowStore;
-
-    store.setState({past: []});
-    act(() => { store.getState().redo(); });
-
-    expect(store.getState().nodes).toEqual([]);
-  });
-
-  test("beginBatchAction pushes snapshot and sets isBatchAction=true", () => {
-    const store = useFlowStore;
-
-    store.setState({
-      nodes: [{
-        id: 'A',
-        type: 'default',
-        position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-        data: {label: 'A'}
-      }],
-      edges: []
-    });
-
-    act(() => { store.getState().beginBatchAction(); });
-
-    expect(store.getState().isBatchAction).toBe(true);
-    expect(store.getState().past.length).toBe(1);
-  });
-
-  test("endBatchAction sets isBatchAction=false after timeout", () => {
-    const store = useFlowStore;
-
-    store.setState({ isBatchAction: true });
-    act(() => { store.getState().endBatchAction(); });
-
-    // isBatchAction should remain true before the timer has advanced
-    expect(store.getState().isBatchAction).toBe(true);
-
-    jest.advanceTimersByTime(10);
-
-    // it should now be set to false as the timer has advanced enough
-    expect(store.getState().isBatchAction).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  test("multiple beginBatchAction calls clear the timeout", () => {
-    const store = useFlowStore;
-
-    act(() => {
-      store.getState().beginBatchAction();
-      store.getState().endBatchAction(); // starts timeout
-      store.getState().beginBatchAction(); // should clear previous timeout
-    });
-
-
-    jest.advanceTimersByTime(10);
-
-    // After advancing the timers, isBatchAction should still be true,
-    // as the timeout should have been cleared
-    expect(store.getState().isBatchAction).toBe(true);
-  });
-});
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducer.test.ts
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducer.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,986 @@
-describe('not yet implemented', () => {
-  test('nothing yet', () => {
-    expect(true);
+import type {Edge} from "@xyflow/react";
+import graphReducer, {
+  defaultGraphPreprocessor, defaultPhaseReducer,
+  orderPhases
+} from "../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducer.ts";
+import type {PreparedPhase} from "../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducerTypes.ts";
+import useFlowStore from "../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx";
+import type {AppNode} from "../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgTypes.tsx";
+
+// sets of default values for nodes and edges to be used for test cases
+type FlowState = {
+  name: string;
+  nodes: AppNode[];
+  edges: Edge[];
+};
+
+// predefined graphs for testing:
+const onlyOnePhase : FlowState = {
+  name: "onlyOnePhase",
+  nodes: [
+    {
+      id: 'start',
+      type: 'start',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 0},
+      data: {label: 'start'}
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'end',
+      type: 'end',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 300},
+      data: {label: 'End'}
+    }
+  ],
+  edges:[
+    {
+      id: 'start-phase-1',
+      source: 'start',
+      target: 'phase-1',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1-end',
+      source: 'phase-1',
+      target: 'end',
+    }
+  ]
+};
+const onlyThreePhases : FlowState = {
+  name: "onlyThreePhases",
+  nodes: [
+    {
+      id: 'start',
+      type: 'start',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 0},
+      data: {label: 'start'}
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-3',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 3},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-2',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 2},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'end',
+      type: 'end',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 300},
+      data: {label: 'End'}
+    }
+  ],
+  edges:[
+    {
+      id: 'start-phase-1',
+      source: 'start',
+      target: 'phase-1',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1-phase-2',
+      source: 'phase-1',
+      target: 'phase-2',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-2-phase-3',
+      source: 'phase-2',
+      target: 'phase-3',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-3-end',
+      source: 'phase-3',
+      target: 'end',
+    }
+  ]
+};
+const onlySingleEdgeNorms : FlowState = {
+  name: "onlySingleEdgeNorms",
+  nodes: [
+    {
+      id: 'start',
+      type: 'start',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 0},
+      data: {label: 'start'}
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-1',
+      type: 'norm',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-2',
+      type: 'norm',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-3',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 3},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-2',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 2},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'end',
+      type: 'end',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 300},
+      data: {label: 'End'}
+    }
+  ],
+  edges:[
+    {
+      id: 'start-phase-1',
+      source: 'start',
+      target: 'phase-1',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-1-phase-2',
+      source: 'norm-1',
+      target: 'phase-2',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1-phase-2',
+      source: 'phase-1',
+      target: 'phase-2',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-2-phase-3',
+      source: 'phase-2',
+      target: 'phase-3',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-2-phase-3',
+      source: 'norm-2',
+      target: 'phase-3',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-3-end',
+      source: 'phase-3',
+      target: 'end',
+    }
+  ]
+};
+const multiEdgeNorms : FlowState = {
+  name: "multiEdgeNorms",
+  nodes: [
+    {
+      id: 'start',
+      type: 'start',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 0},
+      data: {label: 'start'}
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-1',
+      type: 'norm',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-2',
+      type: 'norm',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-3',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 3},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-3',
+      type: 'norm',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-2',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 2},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'end',
+      type: 'end',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 300},
+      data: {label: 'End'}
+    }
+  ],
+  edges:[
+    {
+      id: 'start-phase-1',
+      source: 'start',
+      target: 'phase-1',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-1-phase-2',
+      source: 'norm-1',
+      target: 'phase-2',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-1-phase-3',
+      source: 'norm-1',
+      target: 'phase-3',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1-phase-2',
+      source: 'phase-1',
+      target: 'phase-2',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-3-phase-1',
+      source: 'norm-3',
+      target: 'phase-1',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-2-phase-3',
+      source: 'phase-2',
+      target: 'phase-3',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-2-phase-3',
+      source: 'norm-2',
+      target: 'phase-3',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'norm-2-phase-2',
+      source: 'norm-2',
+      target: 'phase-2',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-3-end',
+      source: 'phase-3',
+      target: 'end',
+    }
+  ]
+};
+const onlyStartEnd : FlowState = {
+  name: "onlyStartEnd",
+  nodes: [
+    {
+      id: 'start',
+      type: 'start',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 0},
+      data: {label: 'start'}
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'end',
+      type: 'end',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 300},
+      data: {label: 'End'}
+    }
+  ],
+  edges:[
+    {
+      id: 'start-end',
+      source: 'start',
+      target: 'end',
+    },
+  ]
+};
+
+// states that contain invalid programs for testing if correct errors are thrown:
+const phaseConnectsToInvalidNodeType : FlowState = {
+  name: "phaseConnectsToInvalidNodeType",
+  nodes: [
+    {
+      id: 'start',
+      type: 'start',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 0},
+      data: {label: 'start'}
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'default-1',
+      type: 'default',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Norm'},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'end',
+      type: 'end',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 300},
+      data: {label: 'End'}
+    }
+  ],
+  edges:[
+    {
+      id: 'start-phase-1',
+      source: 'start',
+      target: 'phase-1',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1-default-1',
+      source: 'phase-1',
+      target: 'default-1',
+    },
+  ]
+};
+const phaseHasNoOutgoingConnections : FlowState = {
+  name: "phaseHasNoOutgoingConnections",
+  nodes: [
+    {
+      id: 'start',
+      type: 'start',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 0},
+      data: {label: 'start'}
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-2',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 2},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'end',
+      type: 'end',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 300},
+      data: {label: 'End'}
+    }
+  ],
+  edges:[
+    {
+      id: 'start-phase-1',
+      source: 'start',
+      target: 'phase-1',
+    },
+  ]
+};
+const phaseHasTooManyOutgoingConnections : FlowState = {
+  name: "phaseHasTooManyOutgoingConnections",
+  nodes: [
+    {
+      id: 'start',
+      type: 'start',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 0},
+      data: {label: 'start'}
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-2',
+      type: 'phase',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+      data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 2},
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'end',
+      type: 'end',
+      position: {x: 0, y: 300},
+      data: {label: 'End'}
+    }
+  ],
+  edges:[
+    {
+      id: 'start-phase-1',
+      source: 'start',
+      target: 'phase-1',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1-phase-2',
+      source: 'phase-1',
+      target: 'phase-2',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-1-end',
+      source: 'phase-1',
+      target: 'end',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'phase-2-end',
+      source: 'phase-2',
+      target: 'end',
+    },
+  ]
+};
+
+describe('Graph Reducer Tests', () => {
+  describe('defaultGraphPreprocessor', () => {
+    test.each([
+      {
+        state: onlyOnePhase,
+        expected: [
+          {
+            phaseNode: {
+              id: 'phase-1',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+            },
+            nextPhaseId: 'end',
+            connectedNorms: [],
+            connectedGoals: [],
+          }]
+      },
+      {
+        state: onlyThreePhases,
+        expected: [
+          {
+            phaseNode: {
+              id: 'phase-1',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+            },
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-2',
+            connectedNorms: [],
+            connectedGoals: [],
+          },
+          {
+            phaseNode: {
+              id: 'phase-2',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 2},
+            },
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-3',
+            connectedNorms: [],
+            connectedGoals: [],
+          },
+          {
+            phaseNode: {
+              id: 'phase-3',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 3},
+            },
+            nextPhaseId: 'end',
+            connectedNorms: [],
+            connectedGoals: [],
+          }]
+      },
+      {
+        state: onlySingleEdgeNorms,
+        expected: [
+          {
+            phaseNode: {
+              id: 'phase-1',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+            },
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-2',
+            connectedNorms: [],
+            connectedGoals: [],
+          },
+          {
+            phaseNode: {
+              id: 'phase-2',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 2},
+            },
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-3',
+            connectedNorms: [{
+              id: 'norm-1',
+              type: 'norm',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+            }],
+            connectedGoals: [],
+          },
+          {
+            phaseNode: {
+              id: 'phase-3',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 3},
+            },
+            nextPhaseId: 'end',
+            connectedNorms: [{
+              id: 'norm-2',
+              type: 'norm',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+            }],
+            connectedGoals: [],
+          }]
+      },
+      {
+        state: multiEdgeNorms,
+        expected: [
+          {
+            phaseNode: {
+              id: 'phase-1',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+            },
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-2',
+            connectedNorms: [{
+              id: 'norm-3',
+              type: 'norm',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+            }],
+            connectedGoals: [],
+          },
+          {
+            phaseNode: {
+              id: 'phase-2',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 2},
+            },
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-3',
+            connectedNorms: [{
+              id: 'norm-1',
+              type: 'norm',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+            },
+            {
+              id: 'norm-2',
+              type: 'norm',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+            }],
+            connectedGoals: [],
+          },
+          {
+            phaseNode: {
+              id: 'phase-3',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 3},
+            },
+            nextPhaseId: 'end',
+            connectedNorms: [{
+              id: 'norm-1',
+              type: 'norm',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+            },
+            {
+              id: 'norm-2',
+              type: 'norm',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+            }],
+            connectedGoals: [],
+          }]
+      },
+      {
+        state: onlyStartEnd,
+        expected: [],
+      }
+    ])(`tests state: $state.name`, ({state, expected}) => {
+      const output = defaultGraphPreprocessor(state.nodes, state.edges);
+      expect(output).toEqual(expected);
    });
  });
+  describe("orderPhases", () => {
+    test.each([
+      {
+        state: onlyOnePhase,
+        expected: {
+          phaseNodes: [{
+            id: 'phase-1',
+            type: 'phase',
+            position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+            data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+          }],
+          connections: new Map<string,string>([["phase-1","end"]])
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        state: onlyThreePhases,
+        expected: {
+          phaseNodes: [
+            {
+              id: 'phase-1',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+            },
+            {
+              id: 'phase-2',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 2},
+            },
+            {
+              id: 'phase-3',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 3},
+            }],
+          connections: new Map<string,string>([
+            ["phase-1","phase-2"],
+            ["phase-2","phase-3"],
+            ["phase-3","end"]
+          ])
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        state: onlySingleEdgeNorms,
+        expected: {
+          phaseNodes: [
+            {
+              id: 'phase-1',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+            },
+            {
+              id: 'phase-2',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 2},
+            },
+            {
+              id: 'phase-3',
+              type: 'phase',
+              position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+              data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 3},
+            }],
+          connections: new Map<string,string>([
+            ["phase-1","phase-2"],
+            ["phase-2","phase-3"],
+            ["phase-3","end"]
+          ])
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        state: onlyStartEnd,
+        expected: {
+          phaseNodes: [],
+          connections: new Map<string,string>()
+        }
+      }
+    ])(`tests state: $state.name`, ({state, expected}) => {
+      const output = orderPhases(state.nodes, state.edges);
+      expect(output.phaseNodes).toEqual(expected.phaseNodes);
+      expect(output.connections).toEqual(expected.connections);
+    });
+    test.each([
+      {
+        state: phaseConnectsToInvalidNodeType,
+        expected: new Error('| INVALID PROGRAM | the node "default-1" that "phase-1" connects to is not a phase or end node')
+      },
+      {
+        state: phaseHasNoOutgoingConnections,
+        expected: new Error('| INVALID PROGRAM | the source handle of "phase-1" doesn\'t have any outgoing connections')
+      },
+      {
+        state: phaseHasTooManyOutgoingConnections,
+        expected: new Error('| INVALID PROGRAM | the source handle of "phase-1" connects to too many targets')
+      }
+    ])(`tests erroneous state: $state.name`, ({state, expected}) => {
+      const testForError = () => {
+        orderPhases(state.nodes, state.edges);
+      };
+      expect(testForError).toThrow(expected);
+    })
+  })
+  describe("defaultPhaseReducer", () => {
+    test("phaseReducer handles empty norms and goals without failing", () => {
+      const input : PreparedPhase = {
+        phaseNode: {
+          id: 'phase-1',
+          type: 'phase',
+          position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+          data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+        },
+        nextPhaseId: 'end',
+        connectedNorms: [],
+        connectedGoals: [],
+      }
+      const output = defaultPhaseReducer(input);
+      expect(output).toEqual({
+        id: 'phase-1',
+        name: 'Generic Phase',
+        nextPhaseId: 'end',
+        phaseData: {
+          norms: [],
+          goals: []
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    test("defaultNormReducer reduces norms correctly", () => {
+      const input : PreparedPhase = {
+        phaseNode: {
+          id: 'phase-1',
+          type: 'phase',
+          position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+          data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+        },
+        nextPhaseId: 'end',
+        connectedNorms: [{
+          id: 'norm-1',
+          type: 'norm',
+          position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+          data: {label: 'Generic Norm', value: "generic"},
+        }],
+        connectedGoals: [],
+      }
+      const output = defaultPhaseReducer(input);
+      expect(output).toEqual({
+        id: 'phase-1',
+        name: 'Generic Phase',
+        nextPhaseId: 'end',
+        phaseData: {
+          norms: [{
+            id: 'norm-1',
+            name: 'Generic Norm',
+            value: "generic"
+          }],
+          goals: []
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    test("defaultGoalReducer reduces goals correctly", () => {
+      const input : PreparedPhase = {
+        phaseNode: {
+          id: 'phase-1',
+          type: 'phase',
+          position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+          data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
+        },
+        nextPhaseId: 'end',
+        connectedNorms: [],
+        connectedGoals: [{
+          id: 'goal-1',
+          type: 'goal',
+          position: {x: 0, y: 150},
+          data: {label: 'Generic Goal', value: "generic"},
+        }],
+      }
+      const output = defaultPhaseReducer(input);
+      expect(output).toEqual({
+        id: 'phase-1',
+        name: 'Generic Phase',
+        nextPhaseId: 'end',
+        phaseData: {
+          norms: [],
+          goals: [{
+            id: 'goal-1',
+            name: 'Generic Goal',
+            value: "generic"
+          }]
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  })
+  describe("GraphReducer", () => {
+    test.each([
+      {
+        state: onlyOnePhase,
+        expected: [
+          {
+            id: 'phase-1',
+            name: 'Generic Phase',
+            nextPhaseId: 'end',
+            phaseData: {
+              norms: [],
+              goals: []
+            }
+          }]
+      },
+      {
+        state: onlyThreePhases,
+        expected: [
+          {
+            id: 'phase-1',
+            name: 'Generic Phase',
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-2',
+            phaseData: {
+              norms: [],
+              goals: []
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            id: 'phase-2',
+            name: 'Generic Phase',
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-3',
+            phaseData: {
+              norms: [],
+              goals: []
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            id: 'phase-3',
+            name: 'Generic Phase',
+            nextPhaseId: 'end',
+            phaseData: {
+              norms: [],
+              goals: []
+            }
+          }]
+      },
+      {
+        state: onlySingleEdgeNorms,
+        expected: [
+          {
+            id: 'phase-1',
+            name: 'Generic Phase',
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-2',
+            phaseData: {
+              norms: [],
+              goals: []
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            id: 'phase-2',
+            name: 'Generic Phase',
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-3',
+            phaseData: {
+              norms: [
+                {
+                  id: 'norm-1',
+                  name: 'Generic Norm',
+                  value: "generic"
+                }
+              ],
+              goals: []
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            id: 'phase-3',
+            name: 'Generic Phase',
+            nextPhaseId: 'end',
+            phaseData: {
+              norms: [{
+                id: 'norm-2',
+                name: 'Generic Norm',
+                value: "generic"
+              }],
+              goals: []
+            }
+          }]
+      },
+      {
+        state: multiEdgeNorms,
+        expected: [
+          {
+            id: 'phase-1',
+            name: 'Generic Phase',
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-2',
+            phaseData: {
+              norms: [{
+                id: 'norm-3',
+                name: 'Generic Norm',
+                value: "generic"
+              }],
+              goals: []
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            id: 'phase-2',
+            name: 'Generic Phase',
+            nextPhaseId: 'phase-3',
+            phaseData: {
+              norms: [
+                {
+                  id: 'norm-1',
+                  name: 'Generic Norm',
+                  value: "generic"
+                },
+                {
+                  id: 'norm-2',
+                  name: 'Generic Norm',
+                  value: "generic"
+                }
+              ],
+              goals: []
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            id: 'phase-3',
+            name: 'Generic Phase',
+            nextPhaseId: 'end',
+            phaseData: {
+              norms: [{
+                id: 'norm-1',
+                name: 'Generic Norm',
+                value: "generic"
+              },
+              {
+                id: 'norm-2',
+                name: 'Generic Norm',
+                value: "generic"
+              }],
+              goals: []
+            }
+          }]
+      },
+      {
+        state: onlyStartEnd,
+        expected: [],
+      }
+    ])("`tests state: $state.name`", ({state, expected}) => {
+      useFlowStore.setState({nodes: state.nodes, edges: state.edges});
+      const output = graphReducer(); // uses default reducers
+      expect(output).toEqual(expected);
+    })
+    // we run the test for correct error handling for the entire graph reducer as well,
+    // to make sure no errors occur before we intend to handle the errors ourselves
+    test.each([
+      {
+        state: phaseConnectsToInvalidNodeType,
+        expected: new Error('| INVALID PROGRAM | the node "default-1" that "phase-1" connects to is not a phase or end node')
+      },
+      {
+        state: phaseHasNoOutgoingConnections,
+        expected: new Error('| INVALID PROGRAM | the source handle of "phase-1" doesn\'t have any outgoing connections')
+      },
+      {
+        state: phaseHasTooManyOutgoingConnections,
+        expected: new Error('| INVALID PROGRAM | the source handle of "phase-1" connects to too many targets')
+      }
+    ])(`tests erroneous state: $state.name`, ({state, expected}) => {
+      useFlowStore.setState({nodes: state.nodes, edges: state.edges});
+      const testForError = () => {
+        graphReducer();
+      };
+      expect(testForError).toThrow(expected);
+    })
+  })
+});
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 import {act} from '@testing-library/react';
-import type {Connection, Edge, Node} from "@xyflow/react";
-import { NodeDisconnections } from "../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/NodeRegistry.ts";
-import type {PhaseNodeData} from "../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.tsx";
 import useFlowStore from '../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx';
 import { mockReactFlow } from '../../../setupFlowTests.ts';

@@ -9,187 +6,18 @@ beforeAll(() => {
  mockReactFlow();
 });

-// default state values for testing,
-const normNode: Node = {
-  id: 'norm-1',
-  type: 'norm',
-  position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-  data: {
-    label: 'Test Norm',
-    droppable: true,
-    norm: 'Test',
-    hasReduce: true,
-  },
-};
-
-const phaseNode: Node = {
-  id: 'phase-1',
-  type: 'phase',
-  position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-  data: {
-    label: 'Phase 1',
-    droppable: true,
-    children: ["norm-1"],
-    hasReduce: true,
-  },
-};
-
-const testEdge: Edge = {
-  id: 'xy-edge__1-2',
-  source: 'norm-1',
-  target: 'phase-1',
-  sourceHandle: null,
-  targetHandle: null,
-}
-
-const testStateReconnectEnd = {
-  nodes: [phaseNode, normNode],
-  edges: [testEdge],
-}
-
-const phaseNodeUnconnected = {
-  id: 'phase-2',
-  type: 'phase',
-  position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-  data: {
-    label: 'Phase 2',
-    droppable: true,
-    children: [],
-    hasReduce: true,
-  },
-};
-
-const testConnection: Connection = {
-  source: 'norm-1',
-  target: 'phase-2',
-  sourceHandle: null,
-  targetHandle: null,
-}
-const testStateOnConnect = {
-  nodes: [phaseNodeUnconnected, normNode],
-  edges: [],
-}
-
 describe('FlowStore Functionality', () => {
  describe('Node changes', () => {
    // currently just using a single function from the ReactFlow library,
    // so testing would mean we are testing already tested behavior.
    // if implementation gets modified tests should be added for custom behavior
  });
-  describe('ReactFlow onEdgesDelete', () => {
-    test('Deleted edge is reflected in removed phaseNode child', () => {
-      const {onEdgesDelete} = useFlowStore.getState();
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [{
-          id: 'phase-1',
-          type: 'phase',
-          position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-          data: {
-            label: 'Phase 1',
-            droppable: true,
-            children: ["norm-1"],
-            hasReduce: true,
-          },
-        },{
-          id: 'norm-1',
-          type: 'norm',
-          position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-          data: {
-            label: 'Test Norm',
-            droppable: true,
-            norm: 'Test',
-            hasReduce: true,
-          },
-        }],
-        edges: [], // edges is empty as onEdgesDelete is triggered after the edges are deleted
-      })
-
-      act(() => {
-        onEdgesDelete([testEdge])
-      });
-
-      const outcome = useFlowStore.getState();
-      expect((outcome.nodes[0].data as PhaseNodeData).children.length).toBe(0);
-    })
-    test('Deleted edge is reflected in phaseNode,even if normNode was already deleted and caused edge removal', () => {
-      const { onEdgesDelete } = useFlowStore.getState();
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [{
-          id: 'phase-1',
-          type: 'phase',
-          position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-          data: {
-            label: 'Phase 1',
-            droppable: true,
-            children: ["norm-1"],
-            hasReduce: true,
-          },
-        }],
-        edges: [], // edges is empty as onEdgesDelete is triggered after the edges are deleted
-      })
-
-      act(() => {
-        onEdgesDelete([testEdge]);
-      })
-
-      const outcome = useFlowStore.getState();
-      expect((outcome.nodes[0].data as PhaseNodeData).children.length).toBe(0);
-    })
-    test('edge removal resulting from deletion of targetNode calls only the connection function for the sourceNode', () => {
-      const { onEdgesDelete } = useFlowStore.getState();
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [{
-          id: 'norm-1',
-          type: 'norm',
-          position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-          data: {
-            label: 'Test Norm',
-            droppable: true,
-            norm: 'Test',
-            hasReduce: true,
-          },
-        }],
-        edges: [], // edges is empty as onEdgesDelete is triggered after the edges are deleted
-      })
-
-      const targetDisconnectSpy = jest.spyOn(NodeDisconnections.Targets, 'phase');
-      const sourceDisconnectSpy = jest.spyOn(NodeDisconnections.Sources, 'norm');
-
-      act(() => {
-        onEdgesDelete([testEdge]);
-      })
-
-      expect(sourceDisconnectSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(normNode, 'phase-1');
-      expect(targetDisconnectSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-      sourceDisconnectSpy.mockRestore();
-      targetDisconnectSpy.mockRestore();
-    })
-  })
  describe('Edge changes', () => {
    // currently just using a single function from the ReactFlow library,
    // so testing would mean we are testing already tested behavior.
    // if implementation gets modified tests should be added for custom behavior
  })
  describe('ReactFlow onConnect', () => {
-    test('Adds connecting node to children of phaseNode', () => {
-      const {onConnect} = useFlowStore.getState();
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: testStateOnConnect.nodes,
-        edges: testStateOnConnect.edges
-      })
-
-      act(() => {
-        onConnect(testConnection);
-      })
-
-      const outcome = useFlowStore.getState();
-
-      // phaseNode adds the normNode to its children
-      expect((outcome.nodes[0].data as PhaseNodeData).children).toEqual(['norm-1']);
-
-    })
    test('adds an edge when onConnect is triggered', () => {
      const {onConnect} = useFlowStore.getState();

@@ -211,53 +39,6 @@ describe('FlowStore Functionality', () => {
    });
  });
  describe('ReactFlow onReconnect', () => {
-    test('PhaseNodes correctly change their children', () => {
-      const {onReconnect} = useFlowStore.getState();
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [{
-          id: 'phase-1',
-          type: 'phase',
-          position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-          data: {
-            label: 'Phase 1',
-            droppable: true,
-            children: ["norm-1"],
-            hasReduce: true,
-          },
-        },{
-          id: 'phase-2',
-          type: 'phase',
-          position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-          data: {
-            label: 'Phase 2',
-            droppable: true,
-            children: [],
-            hasReduce: true,
-          },
-        },{
-          id: 'norm-1',
-          type: 'norm',
-          position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-          data: {
-            label: 'Test Norm',
-            droppable: true,
-            norm: 'Test',
-            hasReduce: true,
-          },
-        }],
-        edges: [testEdge],
-      })
-
-      act(() => {
-        onReconnect(testEdge, testConnection);
-      })
-
-      const outcome = useFlowStore.getState();
-
-      // phaseNodes lose and gain children when norm node's connection is changed from phaseNode to PhaseNodeUnconnected
-      expect((outcome.nodes[1].data as PhaseNodeData).children).toEqual(['norm-1']);
-      expect((outcome.nodes[0].data as PhaseNodeData).children).toEqual([]);
-    })
    test('reconnects an existing edge when onReconnect is triggered', () => {
      const {onReconnect} = useFlowStore.getState();
      const oldEdge = {
@@ -312,63 +93,36 @@ describe('FlowStore Functionality', () => {
      );
    });

-
-
    test('successfully removes edge if no successful reconnect occurred', () => {
      const {onReconnectEnd} = useFlowStore.getState();
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        edgeReconnectSuccessful: false,
-        edges: testStateReconnectEnd.edges,
-        nodes: testStateReconnectEnd.nodes
-      });
+      useFlowStore.setState({edgeReconnectSuccessful: false});

      act(() => {
-        onReconnectEnd(null, testEdge);
+        onReconnectEnd(null, {id: 'xy-edge__A-B'});
      });

      const updatedState = useFlowStore.getState();
      expect(updatedState.edgeReconnectSuccessful).toBe(true);
      expect(updatedState.edges).toHaveLength(0);
-      expect(updatedState.nodes[0].data.children).toEqual([]);
    });

    test('does not remove reconnecting edge if successful reconnect occurred', () => {
      const {onReconnectEnd} = useFlowStore.getState();
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        edgeReconnectSuccessful: true,
-        edges: [testEdge],
-        nodes: [{
-          id: 'phase-1',
-          type: 'phase',
-          position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-          data: {
-            label: 'Phase 1',
-            droppable: true,
-            children: ["norm-1"],
-            hasReduce: true,
-          },
-        },{
-          id: 'norm-1',
-          type: 'norm',
-          position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-          data: {
-            label: 'Test Norm',
-            droppable: true,
-            norm: 'Test',
-            hasReduce: true,
-          },
-        }]
-      });

      act(() => {
-        onReconnectEnd(null, testEdge);
+        onReconnectEnd(null, {id: 'xy-edge__A-B'});
      });

      const updatedState = useFlowStore.getState();
      expect(updatedState.edgeReconnectSuccessful).toBe(true);
      expect(updatedState.edges).toHaveLength(1);
-      expect(updatedState.edges).toMatchObject([testEdge]);
-      expect(updatedState.nodes[0].data.children).toEqual(["norm-1"]);
+      expect(updatedState.edges).toMatchObject([
+        {
+          id: 'xy-edge__A-B',
+          source: 'A',
+          target: 'B'
+        }]
+      );
    });
  });
  describe('ReactFlow deleteNode', () => {
@@ -467,132 +221,4 @@ describe('FlowStore Functionality', () => {
      });
    });
  });
-  describe('ReactFlow updateNodeData', () => {
-    test.each([
-      {
-        state: {
-          name: 'updateName',
-          nodes: [{
-            id: 'phase-1',
-            type: 'phase',
-            position: {x: 0, y: 300},
-            data: {label: 'name', number: '2'}
-          }]
-        },
-        input: {
-          id: 'phase-1',
-          changedData: {label: 'new name'}
-        },
-        expected: {
-          node: {
-            id: 'phase-1',
-            type: 'phase',
-            position: {x: 0, y: 300},
-            data: {label: 'new name', number: '2'}
-          }
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        state: {
-          name: 'updateNumber',
-          nodes: [{
-            id: 'phase-1',
-            type: 'phase',
-            position: {x: 0, y: 300},
-            data: {label: 'name', number: '2'}
-          }]
-        },
-        input: {
-          id: 'phase-1',
-          changedData: {number: '3'}
-        },
-        expected: {
-          node: {
-            id: 'phase-1',
-            type: 'phase',
-            position: {x: 0, y: 300},
-            data: {label: 'name', number: '3'}
-          }
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        state: {
-          name: 'updateNameAndNumber',
-          nodes: [{
-            id: 'phase-1',
-            type: 'phase',
-            position: {x: 0, y: 300},
-            data: {label: 'name', number: '2'}
-          }]
-        },
-        input: {
-          id: 'phase-1',
-          changedData: {label: 'new name', number: '3'}
-        },
-        expected: {
-          node: {
-            id: 'phase-1',
-            type: 'phase',
-            position: {x: 0, y: 300},
-            data: {label: 'new name', number: '3'}
-          }
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        state: {
-          name: 'AddNewEntry',
-          nodes: [{
-            id: 'phase-1',
-            type: 'phase',
-            position: {x: 0, y: 300},
-            data: {label: 'name', number: '2'}
-          }]
-        },
-        input: {
-          id: 'phase-1',
-          changedData: {newEntry: 20}
-        },
-        expected: {
-          node: {
-            id: 'phase-1',
-            type: 'phase',
-            position: {x: 0, y: 300},
-            data: {label: 'name', number: '2', newEntry: 20}
-          }
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        state: {
-          name: 'AddNewEntryAndUpdateOneValue_UnorderedInput',
-          nodes: [{
-            id: 'phase-1',
-            type: 'phase',
-            position: {x: 0, y: 300},
-            data: {label: 'name', number: '2'}
-          }]
-        },
-        input: {
-          id: 'phase-1',
-          changedData: {newEntry: 20, number: '3'}
-        },
-        expected: {
-          node: {
-            id: 'phase-1',
-            type: 'phase',
-            position: {x: 0, y: 300},
-            data: {label: 'name', number: '3', newEntry: 20}
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    ])(`tests state: $state.name`, ({state, input,expected}) => {
-      useFlowStore.setState({ nodes: state.nodes })
-      const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore.getState();
-      act(() => {
-        updateNodeData(input.id, input.changedData);
-      })
-      const updatedState = useFlowStore.getState();
-      expect(updatedState.nodes).toHaveLength(1);
-      expect(updatedState.nodes[0]).toMatchObject(expected.node);
-    })
-  })
 });
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.test.tsx
@@ -1,106 +1,33 @@
-import { getByTestId, render } from '@testing-library/react';
-import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
-import useFlowStore from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores';
-import VisProgPage from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg';
+import { mockReactFlow } from '../../../../setupFlowTests.ts';
+import {act} from "@testing-library/react";
+import useFlowStore from "../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx";
+import {addNode} from "../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx";


-
-class ResizeObserver {
-  observe() {}
-  unobserve() {}
-  disconnect() {}
-}
-window.ResizeObserver = ResizeObserver;
-
-jest.mock('@neodrag/react', () => ({
-  useDraggable: (ref: React.RefObject<HTMLElement>, options: any) => {
-    // We access the real useEffect from React to attach a listener
-    // This bridges the gap between the test's userEvent and the component's logic
-    const { useEffect } = jest.requireActual('react');
-    
-    useEffect(() => {
-      const element = ref.current;
-      if (!element) return;
-
-      // When the test fires a "pointerup" (end of click/drag), 
-      // we manually trigger the library's onDragEnd callback.
-      const handlePointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        if (options.onDragEnd) {
-          options.onDragEnd({ event: e });
-        }
-      };
-
-      element.addEventListener('pointerup', handlePointerUp as EventListener);
-      return () => {
-        element.removeEventListener('pointerup', handlePointerUp as EventListener);
-      };
-    }, [ref, options]);
-  },
-}));
-
-// We will mock @xyflow/react so we control screenToFlowPosition
-jest.mock('@xyflow/react', () => {
-  const actual = jest.requireActual('@xyflow/react');
-  return {
-    ...actual,
-    useReactFlow: () => ({
-      screenToFlowPosition: ({ x, y }: { x: number; y: number }) => ({
-        x: x - 100,
-        y: y - 100,
-      }),
-    }),
-  };
+beforeAll(() => {
+  mockReactFlow();
 });

-describe("Drag & drop node creation", () => {
-
-  test("drops a phase node inside the canvas and adds it with transformed position", async () => {
-    const user = userEvent.setup();
-
-    const { container } = render(<VisProgPage />);
-
-    // --- Mock ReactFlow bounding box ---
-    // Your DndToolbar checks these values:
-    const flowEl = container.querySelector('.react-flow');
-    jest.spyOn(flowEl!, 'getBoundingClientRect').mockReturnValue({
-      left: 0,
-      right: 800,
-      top: 0,
-      bottom: 600,
-      width: 800,
-      height: 600,
-      x: 0,
-      y: 0,
-      toJSON: () => {},
-    });
-
-  
-    const phaseLabel = getByTestId(container, 'draggable-phase')
-  
-    await user.pointer([
-      // touch the screen at element1
-      {keys: '[TouchA>]', target: phaseLabel},
-      // move the touch pointer to element2
-      {pointerName: 'TouchA', coords: {x: 300, y: 250}},
-      // release the touch pointer at the last position (element2)
-      {keys: '[/TouchA]'},
-    ]);
-
-    // Read the Zustand store
-    const { nodes } = useFlowStore.getState();
-
-    // --- Assertions ---
-    expect(nodes.length).toBe(1);
-
-    const node = nodes[0];
-
-    expect(node.type).toBe("phase");
-    expect(node.id).toBe("phase-1");
-
-    // screenToFlowPosition was mocked to subtract 100
-    expect(node.position).toEqual({
-      x: 200,
-      y: 150,
+describe('Drag-and-Drop sidebar', () => {
+  test.each(['phase', 'phase'])('new nodes get added correctly', (nodeType: string) => {
+    act(()=> {
+      addNode(nodeType, {x:100, y:100});
+    })
+    const updatedState = useFlowStore.getState();
+    expect(updatedState.nodes.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(updatedState.nodes[0].type).toBe(nodeType);
  });
+  test.each(['phase', 'norm'])('new nodes get correct Id', (nodeType) => {
+    act(()=> {
+      addNode(nodeType, {x:100, y:100});
+      addNode(nodeType, {x:100, y:100});
+    })
+    const updatedState = useFlowStore.getState();
+    expect(updatedState.nodes.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(updatedState.nodes[0].id).toBe(`${nodeType}-1`);
+    expect(updatedState.nodes[1].id).toBe(`${nodeType}-2`);
  });
+  test('throws error on unexpected node type', () => {
+      expect(() => addNode('I do not Exist', {x:100, y:100})).toThrow("Node I do not Exist not found");
+  })
 });
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.test.tsx
@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-// SaveLoadPanel.all.test.tsx
-import { act, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
-import useFlowStore from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx';
-import SaveLoadPanel from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.tsx';
-import { makeProjectBlob } from '../../../../../src/utils/SaveLoad.ts';
-import { mockReactFlow } from "../../../../setupFlowTests.ts"; // optional helper if present
-
-// helper to read Blob contents in tests (works in Node/Jest env)
-async function blobToText(blob: Blob): Promise<string> {
-  if (typeof (blob as any).text === "function") return await (blob as any).text();
-  if (typeof (blob as any).arrayBuffer === "function") {
-    const buf = await (blob as any).arrayBuffer();
-    return new TextDecoder().decode(buf);
-  }
-  return await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
-    const fr = new FileReader();
-    fr.onload = () => resolve(String(fr.result));
-    fr.onerror = () => reject(fr.error);
-    fr.readAsText(blob);
-  });
-}
-
-beforeAll(() => {
-  // if you have a mockReactFlow helper used in other tests, call it
-  if (typeof mockReactFlow === "function") mockReactFlow();
-});
-
-beforeEach(() => {
-  // clear and seed the zustand store to a known empty state
-  act(() => {
-    const { setNodes, setEdges } = useFlowStore.getState();
-    setNodes([]);
-    setEdges([]);
-  });
-
-  // Ensure URL.createObjectURL exists so jest.spyOn works
-  if (!URL.createObjectURL) URL.createObjectURL = jest.fn();
-});
-
-afterEach(() => {
-  jest.restoreAllMocks();
-});
-
-describe("SaveLoadPanel - combined tests", () => {
-  test("makeProjectBlob creates a valid JSON blob", async () => {
-    const nodes = [
-      {
-        id: "n1",
-        type: "start",
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: { label: "Start" },
-      } as any,
-    ];
-    const edges: any[] = [];
-
-    const blob = makeProjectBlob("my-project", nodes, edges);
-    expect(blob).toBeInstanceOf(Blob);
-
-    const text = await blobToText(blob);
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(text);
-
-    expect(parsed.name).toBe("my-project");
-    expect(typeof parsed.savedAt).toBe("string");
-    expect(Array.isArray(parsed.nodes)).toBe(true);
-    expect(Array.isArray(parsed.edges)).toBe(true);
-    expect(parsed.nodes).toEqual(nodes);
-    expect(parsed.edges).toEqual(edges);
-  });
-
-  test("onSave creates a blob URL and sets anchor href", async () => {
-    // Seed the store so onSave has nodes to save
-    act(() => {
-      useFlowStore.getState().setNodes([
-        { id: "start", type: "start", position: { x: 0, y: 0 }, data: { label: "start" } } as any,
-      ]);
-      useFlowStore.getState().setEdges([]);
-    });
-
-    // Ensure createObjectURL exists and spy it
-    if (!URL.createObjectURL) URL.createObjectURL = jest.fn();
-    const createObjectURLSpy = jest.spyOn(URL, "createObjectURL").mockReturnValue("blob:fake-url");
-
-    render(<SaveLoadPanel />);
-
-    const saveAnchor = screen.getByText(/Save Graph/i) as HTMLAnchorElement;
-
-    await act(async () => {
-      fireEvent.click(saveAnchor);
-    });
-
-    expect(createObjectURLSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const blobArg = createObjectURLSpy.mock.calls[0][0];
-    expect(blobArg).toBeInstanceOf(Blob);
-
-    expect(saveAnchor.getAttribute("href")).toBe("blob:fake-url");
-
-    const text = await blobToText(blobArg as Blob);
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(text);
-
-    expect(parsed.name).toBeDefined();
-    expect(parsed.nodes).toBeDefined();
-    expect(parsed.edges).toBeDefined();
-
-    createObjectURLSpy.mockRestore();
-  });
-
-  test("onLoad with invalid JSON does not update store", async () => {
-    const file = new File(["not json"], "bad.json", { type: "application/json" });
-    file.text = jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve(`{"bad json`));
-
-    window.alert = jest.fn();
-
-    render(<SaveLoadPanel />);
-    const input = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]') as HTMLInputElement;
-    expect(input).toBeTruthy();
-
-    // Give some input
-    act(() => {
-      fireEvent.change(input, { target: { files: [file] } });
-    });
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(window.alert).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-
-      const nodesAfter = useFlowStore.getState().nodes;
-      expect(nodesAfter).toHaveLength(0);
-      expect(input.value).toBe("");
-    });
-  });
-
-  test("onLoad resolves to null when no file is chosen (user cancels) and does not update store", async () => {
-    render(<SaveLoadPanel />);
-    const input = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]') as HTMLInputElement;
-    expect(input).toBeTruthy();
-
-    // Click Load to set resolver
-    const loadButton = screen.getByLabelText(/load graph/i);
-
-    await act(async () => {
-      fireEvent.click(loadButton);
-      // simulate user cancelling: change with empty files
-      fireEvent.change(input, { target: { files: [] } });
-      await Promise.resolve();
-    });
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      const nodesAfter = useFlowStore.getState().nodes;
-      const edgesAfter = useFlowStore.getState().edges;
-      expect(nodesAfter).toHaveLength(0);
-      expect(edgesAfter).toHaveLength(0);
-      expect(input.value).toBe("");
-    });
-  });
-});
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/ScrollIntoView.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/ScrollIntoView.test.tsx
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { act } from '@testing-library/react';
-import ScrollIntoView from '../../../../../src/components/ScrollIntoView';
-
-test('scrolls the element into view on render', () => {
-  const scrollMock = jest.fn();
-  HTMLElement.prototype.scrollIntoView = scrollMock;
-
-  act(() => {
-    render(<ScrollIntoView />);
-  });
-
-  expect(scrollMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ behavior: 'smooth' });
-});
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.test.tsx
@@ -1,798 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, it, beforeEach } from '@jest/globals';
-import { screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
-import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
-import { renderWithProviders } from '../../../../test-utils/test-utils.tsx';
-import NormNode, {
-  NormReduce,
-  type NormNodeData,
-  NormConnectionSource, NormConnectionTarget
-} from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode';
-import useFlowStore from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores';
-import type { Node } from '@xyflow/react';
-import '@testing-library/jest-dom'
-
-
-
-describe('NormNode', () => {
-  let user: ReturnType<typeof userEvent.setup>;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    user = userEvent.setup();
-  });
-
-  describe('Rendering', () => {
-    it('should render the norm node with default data', () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: '',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Pepper should ...')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-
-    it('should render with pre-populated norm text', () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'Be respectful to humans',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByDisplayValue('Be respectful to humans');
-      expect(input).toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-
-    it('should render with selected state', () => {
-      const mockNode: Node<NormNodeData> = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: '',
-          hasReduce: true,
-          critical: false
-        },
-      };
-
-      renderWithProviders( 
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const norm = screen.getByText("Norm :")
-      expect(norm).toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-
-    it('should render with dragging state', () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'Dragged norm',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByDisplayValue('Dragged norm');
-      expect(input).toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('User Interactions', () => {
-    it('should update norm text when user types in the input field', async () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: '',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [mockNode],
-        edges: [],
-      });
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Pepper should ...');
-      await user.type(input, 'Be polite to guests{enter}');
-
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        const state = useFlowStore.getState();
-        const updatedNode = state.nodes.find(n => n.id === 'norm-1');
-        expect(updatedNode?.data.norm).toBe('Be polite to guests');
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should handle clearing the norm text', async () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'Initial norm text',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [mockNode],
-        edges: [],
-      });
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByDisplayValue('Initial norm text') as HTMLInputElement;
-
-      // clearing the norm text is the same as just deleting all characters one by one
-      // TODO: FIGURE OUT A MORE EFFICIENT WAY, I"M SORRY, user.clear() just doesn't work:/
-      for (let a = 0; a < 'Initial norm text'.length; a++){
-        await user.type(input, '{backspace}')
-      }
-      await user.type(input,'{enter}')
-
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        const state = useFlowStore.getState();
-        const updatedNode = state.nodes.find(n => n.id === 'norm-1');
-        expect(updatedNode?.data.norm).toBe('');
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should update norm text multiple times', async () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: '',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [mockNode],
-        edges: [],
-      });
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Pepper should ...');
-      await user.type(input, 'First norm{enter}');
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        expect(useFlowStore.getState().nodes[0].data.norm).toBe('First norm');
-      });
-
-
-      // TODO: FIGURE OUT A MORE EFFICIENT WAY, I"M SORRY, user.clear() just doesn't work:/
-      for (let a = 0; a < 'First norm'.length; a++){
-        await user.type(input, '{backspace}')
-      }
-
-      await user.type(input, 'Second norm{enter}');
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        expect(useFlowStore.getState().nodes[0].data.norm).toBe('Second norm');
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should handle special characters in norm text', async () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: '',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [mockNode],
-        edges: [],
-      });
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Pepper should ...');
-      await user.type(input, "Don't harm & be nice!{enter}" );
-
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        expect(useFlowStore.getState().nodes[0].data.norm).toBe("Don't harm & be nice!");
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should handle long norm text', async () => {
-      const longText = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.';
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: '',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [mockNode],
-        edges: [],
-      });
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Pepper should ...');
-      await user.type(input, longText);
-      await user.type(input, "{enter}")
-
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        expect(useFlowStore.getState().nodes[0].data.norm).toBe(longText);
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('NormReduce Function', () => {
-    it('should reduce a norm node to its essential data', () => {
-      const normNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Safety Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'Never harm humans',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      const allNodes: Node[] = [normNode];
-      const result = NormReduce(normNode, allNodes);
-
-      expect(result).toEqual({
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        label: 'Safety Norm',
-        norm: 'Never harm humans',
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should reduce multiple norm nodes independently', () => {
-      const norm1: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Norm 1',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'Be helpful',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      const norm2: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-2',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Norm 2',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'Be honest',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      const allNodes: Node[] = [norm1, norm2];
-
-      const result1 = NormReduce(norm1, allNodes);
-      const result2 = NormReduce(norm2, allNodes);
-
-      expect(result1.id).toBe('norm-1');
-      expect(result1.norm).toBe('Be helpful');
-      expect(result2.id).toBe('norm-2');
-      expect(result2.norm).toBe('Be honest');
-    });
-
-    it('should handle empty norm text', () => {
-      const normNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Empty Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: '',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      const result = NormReduce(normNode, [normNode]);
-
-      expect(result.norm).toBe('');
-      expect(result.id).toBe('norm-1');
-    });
-
-    it('should preserve node label in reduction', () => {
-      const normNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Custom Label',
-          droppable: false,
-          norm: 'Test norm',
-          hasReduce: false,
-        },
-      };
-
-      const result = NormReduce(normNode, [normNode]);
-
-      expect(result.label).toBe('Custom Label');
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('NormConnects Function', () => {
-    it('should handle connection without errors', () => {
-      const normNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'Test',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      const phaseNode: Node = {
-        id: 'phase-1',
-        type: 'phase',
-        position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Phase 1',
-          droppable: true,
-          children: [],
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      expect(() => {
-        NormConnectionSource(normNode, phaseNode.id);
-      }).not.toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it('should handle connection when norm is target', () => {
-      const normNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'Test',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      const phaseNode: Node = {
-        id: 'phase-1',
-        type: 'phase',
-        position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Phase 1',
-          droppable: true,
-          children: [],
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      expect(() => {
-        NormConnectionTarget(normNode, phaseNode.id);
-      }).not.toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it('should handle self-connection', () => {
-      const normNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'Test',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      expect(() => {
-        NormConnectionTarget(normNode, normNode.id);
-        NormConnectionSource(normNode, normNode.id);
-      }).not.toThrow();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('Integration with Store', () => {
-    it('should properly update the store when editing norm text', async () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: '',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [mockNode],
-        edges: [],
-      });
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Pepper should ...');
-
-      // TODO: FIGURE OUT A MORE EFFICIENT WAY, I"M SORRY, user.clear() just doesn't work:/
-      for (let a = 0; a < 20; a++){
-        await user.type(input, '{backspace}')
-      }
-      await user.type(input, 'New norm value{enter}');
-
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        const state = useFlowStore.getState();
-        expect(state.nodes).toHaveLength(1);
-        expect(state.nodes[0].id).toBe('norm-1');
-        expect(state.nodes[0].data.norm).toBe('New norm value');
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should properly update the store when editing critical checkbox', async () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: '',
-          hasReduce: true,
-          critical: false,
-        },
-      };
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [mockNode],
-        edges: [],
-      });
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const checkbox = screen.getByLabelText('Critical:');
-      await user.click(checkbox);
-
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        const state = useFlowStore.getState();
-        expect(state.nodes).toHaveLength(1);
-        expect(state.nodes[0].id).toBe('norm-1');
-        expect(state.nodes[0].data.norm).toBe('');
-        expect(state.nodes[0].data.critical).toBe(true);
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should not affect other nodes when updating one norm node', async () => {
-      const norm1: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Norm 1',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'Original norm 1',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      const norm2: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-2',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Norm 2',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'Original norm 2',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [norm1, norm2],
-        edges: [],
-      });
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={norm1.id}
-          type={norm1.type as string}
-          data={norm1.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByDisplayValue('Original norm 1') as HTMLInputElement;
-
-
-      // TODO: FIGURE OUT A MORE EFFICIENT WAY, I"M SORRY, user.clear() just doesn't work:/
-      for (let a = 0; a < 20; a++){
-        await user.type(input, '{backspace}')
-      }
-      await user.type(input, 'Updated norm 1{enter}');
-
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        const state = useFlowStore.getState();
-        const updatedNorm1 = state.nodes.find(n => n.id === 'norm-1');
-        const unchangedNorm2 = state.nodes.find(n => n.id === 'norm-2');
-
-        expect(updatedNorm1?.data.norm).toBe('Updated norm 1');
-        expect(unchangedNorm2?.data.norm).toBe('Original norm 2');
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should maintain data consistency with multiple rapid updates', async () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Test Norm',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'haa haa fuyaaah - link',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({
-        nodes: [mockNode],
-        edges: [],
-      });
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <NormNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Pepper should ...');
-
-      await user.type(input, 'a');
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        expect(useFlowStore.getState().nodes[0].data.norm).toBe('haa haa fuyaaah - link');
-      });
-
-      await user.type(input, 'b');
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        expect(useFlowStore.getState().nodes[0].data.norm).toBe('haa haa fuyaaah - link');
-      });
-
-      await user.type(input, 'c');
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        expect(useFlowStore.getState().nodes[0].data.norm).toBe('haa haa fuyaaah - link');
-      }, { timeout: 3000 });
-    });
-  });
-});
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.test.tsx
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-import useFlowStore from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores';
-import type { PhaseNodeData } from "../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode";
-import { getByTestId, render } from '@testing-library/react';
-import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
-import VisProgPage from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg';
-
-
-class ResizeObserver {
-  observe() {}
-  unobserve() {}
-  disconnect() {}
-}
-window.ResizeObserver = ResizeObserver;
-
-jest.mock('@neodrag/react', () => ({
-  useDraggable: (ref: React.RefObject<HTMLElement>, options: any) => {
-    // We access the real useEffect from React to attach a listener
-    // This bridges the gap between the test's userEvent and the component's logic
-    const { useEffect } = jest.requireActual('react');
-    
-    useEffect(() => {
-      const element = ref.current;
-      if (!element) return;
-
-      // When the test fires a "pointerup" (end of click/drag), 
-      // we manually trigger the library's onDragEnd callback.
-      const handlePointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-        if (options.onDragEnd) {
-          options.onDragEnd({ event: e });
-        }
-      };
-
-      element.addEventListener('pointerup', handlePointerUp as EventListener);
-      return () => {
-        element.removeEventListener('pointerup', handlePointerUp as EventListener);
-      };
-    }, [ref, options]);
-  },
-}));
-
-describe('PhaseNode', () => {
-  it('each created phase gets its own children array, not the same reference ', async () => {
-    const user = userEvent.setup();
-
-    const { container } = render(<VisProgPage />);
-
-    // --- Mock ReactFlow bounding box ---
-    // Your DndToolbar checks these values:
-    const flowEl = container.querySelector('.react-flow');
-    jest.spyOn(flowEl!, 'getBoundingClientRect').mockReturnValue({
-      left: 0,
-      right: 800,
-      top: 0,
-      bottom: 600,
-      width: 800,
-      height: 600,
-      x: 0,
-      y: 0,
-      toJSON: () => {},
-    });
-    
-    // Find the draggable norm node in the toolbar
-    const phaseButton = getByTestId(container, 'draggable-phase')
-    
-    // Simulate dropping phase down in graph (twice)
-    for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-    await user.pointer([
-      // touch the screen at element1
-      {keys: '[TouchA>]', target: phaseButton},
-      // move the touch pointer to element2
-      {pointerName: 'TouchA', coords: {x: 300, y: 250}},
-      // release the touch pointer at the last position (element2)
-      {keys: '[/TouchA]'},
-    ]);
-    }
-
-    // Find nodes
-    const nodes = useFlowStore.getState().nodes;
-    const p1 = nodes.find((x) => x.id === 'phase-1')!;
-    const p2 = nodes.find((x) => x.id === 'phase-2')!;
-
-    // expect same value, not same reference
-    expect(p1.data.children).not.toBe(p2.data.children);
-    expect(p1.data.children).toEqual(p2.data.children);
-
-    // Add nodes to children
-    const p1_data = p1.data as PhaseNodeData;
-    const p2_data = p2.data as PhaseNodeData;
-    p1_data.children.push("norm-1");
-    p2_data.children.push("norm-2");
-    p2_data.children.push("goal-1");
-
-    // check that after adding, its not the same reference, and its not the same children
-    expect(p1.data.children).not.toBe(p2.data.children);
-    expect(p1.data.children).not.toEqual(p2.data.children);
-    
-    // expect them to have the correct length.
-    expect(p1_data.children.length == 1);
-    expect(p2_data.children.length == 2);
-  });
-});
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/StartNode.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/StartNode.test.tsx
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, it } from '@jest/globals';
-import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
-import { screen } from '@testing-library/react';
-import type { Node } from '@xyflow/react';
-import { renderWithProviders } from '../../../../test-utils/test-utils.tsx';
-import StartNode, {
-  StartConnectionSource, StartConnectionTarget,
-  StartReduce
-} from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/StartNode';
-
-
-describe('StartNode', () => {
-
-
-  describe('Rendering', () => {
-    it('renders the StartNode correctly', () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'start-1',
-        type: 'start', // TypeScript now knows this is a string
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Start Node',
-          droppable: false,
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <StartNode
-            id={mockNode.id}
-            type={mockNode.type!} // <--- fix here
-            data={mockNode.data as any}
-            selected={false}
-            isConnectable={true}
-            zIndex={0}
-            dragging={false}
-            selectable={true}
-            deletable={false}
-            draggable={true}
-            positionAbsoluteX={0}
-            positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-        );
-
-
-        expect(screen.getByText('Start')).toBeInTheDocument();
-
-        // The handle should exist in the DOM
-        expect(document.querySelector('[data-handleid="source"]')).toBeInTheDocument();
-
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('StartReduce Function', () => {
-    it('reduces the StartNode to its minimal structure', () => {
-      const mockNode: Node = {
-        id: 'start-1',
-        type: 'start',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Start Node',
-          droppable: false,
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      const result = StartReduce(mockNode, [mockNode]);
-      expect(result).toEqual({ id: 'start-1' });
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('StartConnects Function', () => {
-    it('handles connections without throwing', () => {
-      const startNode: Node = {
-        id: 'start-1',
-        type: 'start',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Start Node',
-          droppable: false,
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      const otherNode: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Norm Node',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'test',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      expect(() => StartConnectionSource(startNode, otherNode.id)).not.toThrow();
-      expect(() => StartConnectionTarget(startNode, otherNode.id)).not.toThrow();
-    });
-  });
-});
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.test.tsx
@@ -1,251 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, it, beforeEach } from '@jest/globals';
-import { screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
-import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
-import { renderWithProviders } from '../../../../test-utils/test-utils.tsx';
-import TriggerNode, {
-  TriggerReduce,
-  TriggerNodeCanConnect,
-  type TriggerNodeData,
-  TriggerConnectionSource, TriggerConnectionTarget
-} from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode';
-import useFlowStore from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores';
-import type { Node } from '@xyflow/react';
-import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
-
-describe('TriggerNode', () => {
-  let user: ReturnType<typeof userEvent.setup>;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    user = userEvent.setup();
-  });
-
-  describe('Rendering', () => {
-    it('should render TriggerNode with keywords type', () => {
-      const mockNode: Node<TriggerNodeData> = {
-        id: 'trigger-1',
-        type: 'trigger',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Keyword Trigger',
-          droppable: true,
-          triggerType: 'keywords',
-          triggers: [],
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <TriggerNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      expect(screen.getByText(/Triggers when the keyword is spoken/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-      expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText('...')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-
-    it('should render TriggerNode with emotion type', () => {
-      const mockNode: Node<TriggerNodeData> = {
-        id: 'trigger-2',
-        type: 'trigger',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Emotion Trigger',
-          droppable: true,
-          triggerType: 'emotion',
-          triggers: [],
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <TriggerNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      expect(screen.getByText(/Emotion\?/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('User Interactions', () => {
-    it('should add a new keyword', async () => {
-      const mockNode: Node<TriggerNodeData> = {
-        id: 'trigger-1',
-        type: 'trigger',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Keyword Trigger',
-          droppable: true,
-          triggerType: 'keywords',
-          triggers: [],
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({ nodes: [mockNode], edges: [] });
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <TriggerNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText('...');
-      await user.type(input, 'hello{enter}');
-
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        const node = useFlowStore.getState().nodes.find(n => n.id === 'trigger-1') as Node<TriggerNodeData> | undefined;
-        expect(node?.data.triggers.length).toBe(1);
-        expect(node?.data.triggers[0].keyword).toBe('hello');
-      });
-
-    });
-
-    it('should remove a keyword when cleared', async () => {
-      const mockNode: Node<TriggerNodeData> = {
-        id: 'trigger-1',
-        type: 'trigger',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Keyword Trigger',
-          droppable: true,
-          triggerType: 'keywords',
-          triggers: [{ id: 'kw1', keyword: 'hello' }],
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      useFlowStore.setState({ nodes: [mockNode], edges: [] });
-
-      renderWithProviders(
-        <TriggerNode
-          id={mockNode.id}
-          type={mockNode.type as string}
-          data={mockNode.data as any}
-          selected={false}
-          isConnectable={true}
-          zIndex={0}
-          dragging={false}
-          selectable={true}
-          deletable={true}
-          draggable={true}
-          positionAbsoluteX={0}
-          positionAbsoluteY={0}
-        />
-      );
-
-      const input = screen.getByDisplayValue('hello');
-      for (let i = 0; i < 'hello'.length; i++) {
-        await user.type(input, '{backspace}');
-      }
-      await user.type(input, '{enter}');
-
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        const node = useFlowStore.getState().nodes.find(n => n.id === 'trigger-1') as Node<TriggerNodeData> | undefined;
-        expect(node?.data.triggers.length).toBe(0);
-        });
-
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('TriggerReduce Function', () => {
-    it('should reduce a trigger node to its essential data', () => {
-      const triggerNode: Node = {
-        id: 'trigger-1',
-        type: 'trigger',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Keyword Trigger',
-          droppable: true,
-          triggerType: 'keywords',
-          triggers: [{ id: 'kw1', keyword: 'hello' }],
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-    const allNodes: Node[] = [triggerNode];
-    const result = TriggerReduce(triggerNode, allNodes);
-
-    expect(result).toEqual({
-      id: 'trigger-1',
-      type: 'keywords',
-      label: 'Keyword Trigger',
-      keywords: [{ id: 'kw1', keyword: 'hello' }],
-    });
-    });
-  });
-
-
-  describe('TriggerConnects Function', () => {
-    it('should handle connection without errors', () => {
-      const node1: Node = {
-        id: 'trigger-1',
-        type: 'trigger',
-        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Trigger 1',
-          droppable: true,
-          triggerType: 'keywords',
-          triggers: [],
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      const node2: Node = {
-        id: 'norm-1',
-        type: 'norm',
-        position: { x: 100, y: 0 },
-        data: {
-          label: 'Norm 1',
-          droppable: true,
-          norm: 'test',
-          hasReduce: true,
-        },
-      };
-
-      expect(() => {
-        TriggerConnectionSource(node1, node2.id);
-        TriggerConnectionTarget(node1, node2.id);
-      }).not.toThrow();
-    });
-
-    it('should return true for TriggerNodeCanConnect if connection exists', () => {
-      const connection = { source: 'trigger-1', target: 'norm-1' };
-      expect(TriggerNodeCanConnect(connection as any)).toBe(true);
-    });
-  });
-});
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/UniversalNodes.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/UniversalNodes.test.tsx
@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, beforeEach } from '@jest/globals';
-import { screen } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { renderWithProviders } from '../../../../test-utils/test-utils.tsx';
-import type { XYPosition } from '@xyflow/react';
-import { NodeTypes, NodeDefaults, NodeConnections, NodeReduces, NodesInPhase } from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/NodeRegistry';
-import '@testing-library/jest-dom'
-import { createElement } from 'react';
-import useFlowStore from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores';
-
-
-describe('NormNode', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    jest.clearAllMocks();
-  });
-
-  function createNode(id: string, type: string, position: XYPosition, data: Record<string, unknown>, deletable?: boolean) {
-    const defaultData = NodeDefaults[type as keyof typeof NodeDefaults]
-    const newData = {
-        id: id,
-        type: type,
-        position: position,
-        data: data,
-        deletable: deletable,
-    }
-    return {...defaultData, ...newData}
-  }  
-
-
-    /**
-   * Reduces the graph into its phases' information and recursively calls their reducing function
-   */ 
-  function graphReducer() {
-    const { nodes } = useFlowStore.getState();
-    return nodes
-      .filter((n) => n.type == 'phase')
-      .map((n) => {
-        const reducer = NodeReduces['phase'];
-        return reducer(n, nodes)
-      }); 
-  }
-
-  function getAllTypes() {
-    return Object.entries(NodeTypes).map(([t])=>t)
-  }
-    
-  describe('Rendering', () => {
-    test.each(getAllTypes())('it should render %s node with the default data', (nodeType) => {
-    const lengthBefore = screen.getAllByText(/.*/).length;
-
-    const newNode = createNode(nodeType + "1", nodeType, {x: 200, y:200}, {});
-
-    const found = Object.entries(NodeTypes).find(([t]) => t === nodeType);
-    const uiElement = found ? found[1] : null;
-
-    expect(uiElement).not.toBeNull();
-    const props = {
-      id: newNode.id,
-      type: newNode.type as string,
-      data: newNode.data as any,
-      selected: false,
-      isConnectable: true,
-      zIndex: 0,
-      dragging: false,
-      selectable: true,
-      deletable: true,
-      draggable: true,
-      positionAbsoluteX: 0,
-      positionAbsoluteY: 0,
-    };
-
-    renderWithProviders(createElement(uiElement as React.ComponentType<any>, props));
-    const lengthAfter = screen.getAllByText(/.*/).length;
-
-    expect(lengthBefore + 1 === lengthAfter);
-  });
-  
-  });
-
-
-  describe('Connecting', () => {
-    test.each(getAllTypes())('it should call the connect function when %s node is connected', (nodeType) => {
-      // Create two nodes - one of the current type and one to connect to
-      const sourceNode = createNode('source-1', nodeType, {x: 100, y: 100}, {});
-      const targetNode = createNode('target-1', 'end', {x: 300, y: 100}, {});
-      
-      // Add nodes to store
-      useFlowStore.setState({ nodes: [sourceNode, targetNode] });
-
-      // Spy on the connect functions
-      const sourceConnectSpy = jest.spyOn(NodeConnections.Sources, nodeType as keyof typeof NodeConnections.Sources);
-      const targetConnectSpy = jest.spyOn(NodeConnections.Targets, 'end');
-
-      // Simulate connection
-      useFlowStore.getState().onConnect({
-        source: 'source-1',
-        target: 'target-1',
-        sourceHandle: null,
-        targetHandle: null,
-      });
-
-      // Verify the connect functions were called
-      expect(sourceConnectSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(sourceNode, targetNode.id);
-      expect(targetConnectSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(targetNode, sourceNode.id);
-
-      sourceConnectSpy.mockRestore();
-      targetConnectSpy.mockRestore();
-    }); 
-  });
-
-  describe('Reducing', () => {
-    test.each(getAllTypes())('it should correctly call/ not call the reduce function when %s node is in a phase', (nodeType) => {
-      // Create a phase node and a node of the current type
-      const phaseNode = createNode('phase-1', 'phase', {x: 200, y: 100}, { label: 'Test Phase', children: [] });
-      const testNode = createNode('node-1', nodeType, {x: 100, y: 100}, {});
-      
-      // Add the test node as a child of the phase
-      (phaseNode.data as any).children.push(testNode.id);
-      
-      // Add nodes to store
-      useFlowStore.setState({ nodes: [phaseNode, testNode] });
-
-      // Spy on the reduce functions
-      const phaseReduceSpy = jest.spyOn(NodeReduces, 'phase');
-      const nodeReduceSpy = jest.spyOn(NodeReduces, nodeType as keyof typeof NodeReduces);
-
-      // Simulate reducing - using the graphReducer
-      const result = graphReducer();
-
-      // Verify the reduce functions were called
-      expect(phaseReduceSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(phaseNode, [phaseNode, testNode]);
-      // Check if this node type is in NodesInPhase and returns false
-      const nodesInPhaseFunc = NodesInPhase[nodeType as keyof typeof NodesInPhase];
-      if (nodesInPhaseFunc && !nodesInPhaseFunc() && nodeType !== 'phase') {
-        // Node is NOT in phase, so it should NOT be called
-        expect(nodeReduceSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-      } else {
-        // Node IS in phase, so it SHOULD be called
-        expect(nodeReduceSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      }
-
-      // Verify the correct structure is present using NodesInPhase
-      expect(result).toHaveLength(nodeType !== 'phase' ? 1 : 2);
-      expect(result[0]).toHaveProperty('id', 'phase-1');
-      expect(result[0]).toHaveProperty('label', 'Test Phase');
-
-      // Restore mocks
-      phaseReduceSpy.mockRestore();
-      nodeReduceSpy.mockRestore();
-    }); 
-  });
-});
--- a/test/setupFlowTests.ts
+++ b/test/setupFlowTests.ts
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ beforeAll(() => {
  useFlowStore.setState({
    nodes: [],
    edges: [],
-    past: [],
-    future: [],
-    isBatchAction: false,
    edgeReconnectSuccessful: true
  });
 });
@@ -81,9 +78,6 @@ afterEach(() => {
  useFlowStore.setState({
    nodes: [],
    edges: [],
-    past: [],
-    future: [],
-    isBatchAction: false,
    edgeReconnectSuccessful: true
  });
 });
--- a/test/test-utils/mocks.ts
+++ b/test/test-utils/mocks.ts
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-import { jest } from '@jest/globals';
-import React from 'react';
-import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
-
-/**
- * Mock for @xyflow/react
- * Provides simplified versions of React Flow hooks and components
- */
-jest.mock('@xyflow/react', () => ({
-  useReactFlow: jest.fn(() => ({
-    screenToFlowPosition: jest.fn((pos: any) => pos),
-    getNode: jest.fn(),
-    getNodes: jest.fn(() => []),
-    getEdges: jest.fn(() => []),
-    setNodes: jest.fn(),
-    setEdges: jest.fn(),
-  })),
-  ReactFlowProvider: ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) =>
-    React.createElement('div', { 'data-testid': 'react-flow-provider' }, children),
-  ReactFlow: ({ children, ...props }: any) =>
-    React.createElement('div', { 'data-testid': 'react-flow', ...props }, children),
-  Handle: ({ type, position, id }: any) =>
-    React.createElement('div', { 'data-testid': `handle-${type}-${id}`, 'data-position': position }),
-  Panel: ({ children, position }: any) =>
-    React.createElement('div', { 'data-testid': 'panel', 'data-position': position }, children),
-  Controls: () => React.createElement('div', { 'data-testid': 'controls' }),
-  Background: () => React.createElement('div', { 'data-testid': 'background' }),
-}));
-
-/**
- * Mock for @neodrag/react
- * Simplifies drag behavior for testing
- */
-jest.mock('@neodrag/react', () => ({
-  useDraggable: jest.fn((ref: any, options?: any) => {
-    // Store the options so we can trigger them in tests
-    if (ref && ref.current) {
-      (ref.current as any)._dragOptions = options;
-    }
-  }),
-}));
--- a/test/test-utils/test-utils.tsx
+++ b/test/test-utils/test-utils.tsx
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// __tests__/utils/test-utils.tsx
-import { render, type RenderOptions } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { type ReactElement, type ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { ReactFlowProvider } from '@xyflow/react';
-
-/**
- * Custom render function that wraps components with necessary providers
- * This ensures all components have access to ReactFlow context
- */
-export function renderWithProviders(
-  ui: ReactElement,
-  options?: Omit<RenderOptions, 'wrapper'>
-) {
-  function Wrapper({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
-    return <ReactFlowProvider>{children}</ReactFlowProvider>;
-  }
-
-  return render(ui, { wrapper: Wrapper, ...options });
-}
-
-
-// Re-export everything from testing library
-//eslint-disable-next-line react-refresh/only-export-components
-export * from '@testing-library/react';
--- a/test/utils/cellStore.test.tsx
+++ b/test/utils/cellStore.test.tsx
@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-import {render, screen, act} from "@testing-library/react";
-import "@testing-library/jest-dom";
-import {type Cell, cell, useCell} from "../../src/utils/cellStore.ts";
-
-describe("cell store (unit)", () => {
-  it("returns initial value with get()", () => {
-    const c = cell(123);
-    expect(c.get()).toBe(123);
-  });
-
-  it("updates value with set(next)", () => {
-    const c = cell("a");
-    c.set("b");
-    expect(c.get()).toBe("b");
-  });
-
-  it("gives previous value in set(updater)", () => {
-    const c = cell(1);
-    c.set((prev) => prev + 2);
-    expect(c.get()).toBe(3);
-  });
-
-  it("calls subscribe callback on set", () => {
-    const c = cell(0);
-    const cb = jest.fn();
-    const unsub = c.subscribe(cb);
-
-    c.set(1);
-    c.set(2);
-
-    expect(cb).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-    unsub();
-  });
-
-  it("stops notifications when unsubscribing", () => {
-    const c = cell(0);
-    const cb = jest.fn();
-    const unsub = c.subscribe(cb);
-
-    c.set(1);
-    unsub();
-    c.set(2);
-
-    expect(cb).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-  });
-
-  it("updates multiple listeners", () => {
-    const c = cell("x");
-    const a = jest.fn();
-    const b = jest.fn();
-    const ua = c.subscribe(a);
-    const ub = c.subscribe(b);
-
-    c.set("y");
-    expect(a).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(b).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-
-    ua();
-    ub();
-  });
-});
-
-describe("cell store (integration)", () => {
-  function View({c, label}: { c: Cell<any>; label: string }) {
-    const v = useCell(c);
-    // count renders to verify re-render behavior
-    (View as any).__renders = ((View as any).__renders ?? 0) + 1;
-    return <div data-testid={label}>{String(v)}</div>;
-  }
-
-  it("reads initial value and updates on set", () => {
-    const c = cell("hello");
-
-    render(<View c={c} label="value"/>);
-
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("value")).toHaveTextContent("hello");
-
-    act(() => {
-      c.set("world");
-    });
-
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("value")).toHaveTextContent("world");
-  });
-
-  it("triggers one re-render with set", () => {
-    const c = cell(1);
-    (View as any).__renders = 0;
-
-    render(<View c={c} label="num"/>);
-
-    const rendersAfterMount = (View as any).__renders;
-
-    act(() => {
-      c.set((prev: number) => prev + 1);
-    });
-
-    // exactly one extra render from the update
-    expect((View as any).__renders).toBe(rendersAfterMount + 1);
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("num")).toHaveTextContent("2");
-  });
-
-  it("unsubscribes on unmount (no errors on later sets)", () => {
-    const c = cell("a");
-
-    const {unmount} = render(<View c={c} label="value"/>);
-
-    unmount();
-
-    // should not throw even though there was a subscriber
-    expect(() =>
-      act(() => {
-        c.set("b");
-      })
-    ).not.toThrow();
-  });
-
-  it("only re-renders components that use the cell", () => {
-    const a = cell("A");
-    const b = cell("B");
-
-    let rendersA = 0;
-    let rendersB = 0;
-
-    function A() {
-      const v = useCell(a);
-      rendersA++;
-      return <div data-testid="A">{v}</div>;
-    }
-
-    function B() {
-      const v = useCell(b);
-      rendersB++;
-      return <div data-testid="B">{v}</div>;
-    }
-
-    render(
-      <>
-        <A/>
-        <B/>
-      </>
-    );
-
-    const rendersAAfterMount = rendersA;
-    const rendersBAfterMount = rendersB;
-
-    act(() => {
-      a.set("A2"); // only A should update
-    });
-
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("A")).toHaveTextContent("A2");
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("B")).toHaveTextContent("B");
-
-    expect(rendersA).toBe(rendersAAfterMount + 1);
-    expect(rendersB).toBe(rendersBAfterMount); // unchanged
-  });
-});
--- a/test/utils/duplicateIndices.test.ts
+++ b/test/utils/duplicateIndices.test.ts
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import duplicateIndices from "../../src/utils/duplicateIndices.ts";
-
-describe("duplicateIndices (unit)", () => {
-  it("returns an empty array for empty input", () => {
-    expect(duplicateIndices<number>([])).toEqual([]);
-  });
-
-  it("returns an empty array when no duplicates exist", () => {
-    expect(duplicateIndices([1, 2, 3, 4])).toEqual([]);
-  });
-
-  it("returns all positions for every duplicated value", () => {
-    const result = duplicateIndices(["a", "b", "a", "c", "b", "b"]);
-    expect(result.sort()).toEqual([0, 1, 2, 4, 5]);
-  });
-
-  it("only treats identical references as duplicate objects", () => {
-    const shared = { v: 1 };
-    const result = duplicateIndices([shared, { v: 1 }, shared, shared]);
-    expect(result.sort()).toEqual([0, 2, 3]);
-  });
-});
--- a/test/utils/formatDuration.test.ts
+++ b/test/utils/formatDuration.test.ts
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-import formatDuration from "../../src/utils/formatDuration.ts";
-
-describe("formatting durations (unit)", () => {
-  it("does one millisecond", () => {
-    const result = formatDuration(1);
-    expect(result).toBe("00:00:00.001");
-  });
-
-  it("does one-hundred twenty-three milliseconds", () => {
-    const result = formatDuration(123);
-    expect(result).toBe("00:00:00.123");
-  });
-
-  it("does one second", () => {
-    const result = formatDuration(1*1000);
-    expect(result).toBe("00:00:01.000");
-  });
-
-  it("does thirteen seconds", () => {
-    const result = formatDuration(13*1000);
-    expect(result).toBe("00:00:13.000");
-  });
-
-  it("does one minute", () => {
-    const result = formatDuration(60*1000);
-    expect(result).toBe("00:01:00.000");
-  });
-
-  it("does thirteen minutes", () => {
-    const result = formatDuration(13*60*1000);
-    expect(result).toBe("00:13:00.000");
-  });
-
-  it("does one hour", () => {
-    const result = formatDuration(60*60*1000);
-    expect(result).toBe("01:00:00.000");
-  });
-
-  it("does thirteen hours", () => {
-    const result = formatDuration(13*60*60*1000);
-    expect(result).toBe("13:00:00.000");
-  });
-
-  it("does negative one millisecond", () => {
-    const result = formatDuration(-1);
-    expect(result).toBe("-00:00:00.001");
-  });
-
-  it("does large negative durations", () => {
-    const result = formatDuration(-(123*60*60*1000 + 59*60*1000 + 59*1000 + 123));
-    expect(result).toBe("-123:59:59.123");
-  });
-});
--- a/test/utils/priorityFiltering.test.ts
+++ b/test/utils/priorityFiltering.test.ts
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-import {applyPriorityPredicates, type PriorityFilterPredicate} from "../../src/utils/priorityFiltering";
-
-const makePred = <T>(priority: number, fn: (el: T) => boolean | null): PriorityFilterPredicate<T> => ({
-  priority,
-  predicate: jest.fn(fn),
-});
-
-describe("applyPriorityPredicates (unit)", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => jest.clearAllMocks());
-
-  it("returns true when there are no predicates", () => {
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(123, [])).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("behaves like a normal predicate with only one predicate", () => {
-    const even = makePred<number>(1, (n) => n % 2 === 0);
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(2, [even])).toBe(true);
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(3, [even])).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it("determines the result only listening to the highest priority predicates", () => {
-    const lowFail = makePred<number>(1, (_) => false);
-    const lowPass = makePred<number>(1, (_) => true);
-    const highPass = makePred<number>(10, (n) => n > 0);
-    const highFail = makePred<number>(10, (n) => n < 0);
-
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(5, [lowFail, highPass])).toBe(true);
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(5, [lowPass, highFail])).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it("uses all predicates at the highest priority", () => {
-    const high1 = makePred<number>(5, (n) => n % 2 === 0);
-    const high2 = makePred<number>(5, (n) => n > 2);
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(4, [high1, high2])).toBe(true);
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(2, [high1, high2])).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it("is order independent (later higher positive clears earlier lower negative)", () => {
-    const lowFalse = makePred<number>(1, (_) => false);
-    const highTrue = makePred<number>(9, (n) => n === 7);
-
-    // Higher priority appears later → should reset and decide by highest only
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(7, [lowFalse, highTrue])).toBe(true);
-
-    // Same set, different order → same result
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(7, [highTrue, lowFalse])).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("handles many priorities: only max matters", () => {
-    const p1 = makePred<number>(1, (_) => false);
-    const p3 = makePred<number>(3, (_) => false);
-    const p5 = makePred<number>(5, (n) => n > 0);
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(1, [p1, p3, p5])).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("skips predicates that return null", () => {
-    const high = makePred<number>(10, (n) => n === 0 ? true : null);
-    const low = makePred<number>(1, (_) => false);
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(0, [high, low])).toBe(true);
-    expect(applyPriorityPredicates(1, [high, low])).toBe(false);
-  });
-});
-
-describe("(integration) filter with applyPriorityPredicates", () => {
-  it("filters an array using only highest-priority predicates", () => {
-    const elems = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
-    const low = makePred<number>(0, (_) => false);
-    const high1 = makePred<number>(5, (n) => n % 2 === 0);
-    const high2 = makePred<number>(5, (n) => n > 2);
-    const result = elems.filter((e) => applyPriorityPredicates(e, [low, high1, high2]));
-    expect(result).toEqual([4]);
-  });
-
-  it("filters an array using only highest-priority predicates", () => {
-    const elems = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
-    const low = makePred<number>(0, (_) => false);
-    const high = makePred<number>(5, (n) => n === 3 ? true : null);
-    const result = elems.filter((e) => applyPriorityPredicates(e, [low, high]));
-    expect(result).toEqual([3]);
-  });
-});
--- a/tsconfig.app.json
+++ b/tsconfig.app.json
@@ -3,11 +3,17 @@
    "tsBuildInfoFile": "./node_modules/.tmp/tsconfig.app.tsbuildinfo",
    "target": "ES2022",
    "useDefineForClassFields": true,
-    "lib": ["ES2022", "DOM", "DOM.Iterable"],
+    "lib": [
+      "ES2022",
+      "DOM",
+      "DOM.Iterable"
+    ],
    "module": "ESNext",
-    "types": ["vite/client"],
+    "types": [
+      "vite/client",
+      "node"
+    ],
    "skipLibCheck": true,
-
    /* Bundler mode */
    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
@@ -15,7 +21,6 @@
    "moduleDetection": "force",
    "noEmit": true,
    "jsx": "react-jsx",
-
    /* Linting */
    "strict": true,
    "noUnusedLocals": true,
@@ -24,5 +29,8 @@
    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
    "noUncheckedSideEffectImports": true
  },
-  "include": ["src","test"]
+  "include": [
+    "src",
+    "test"
+  ]
 }