Task Manager

📋 Project Description

Task Manager is a lightweight and efficient task management application designed to help users organize, track, and manage their daily tasks with ease. The project is built using Node.js with a custom architecture, focusing on simplicity and performance.

🚀 Features

• ✅ Create, read, update, and delete tasks (CRUD operations).
• 🗂️ Organize tasks by categories or status.
• 📅 Track deadlines and progress.
• 🔍 Simple and user-friendly API for task management.

🛠️ Project Structure

/src
├── /middlewares
│ └── json.js # Middleware for handling JSON requests
├── /utils
│ ├── build-route-path.js # Utility for building route paths dynamically
│ └── validate-task.js # Function to validate task fields
├── database.js # Mock database for task storage
├── routes.js # API route definitions
└── server.js # Server configuration and startup
/streams
├── import-tasks.js # Reads a task file and registers the items in the database using streams
└── tasks.csv # File CSV w/ 250 tasks

🔧 Installation and Setup

Follow the steps below to set up the project locally:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/DevAnseSenior/task-manager.git
   cd task-manager

2. Install dependencies (if applicable):

   npm install

3. Run the server:

   node src/server.js

4. Access the API:
   The API will be available at http://localhost:3334 (or the configured port).

5. Run the import via .CSV with the project running, in another terminal window run the following command:

   node streams/import-tasks.js

📄 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/tasks	Retrieve all tasks
POST	/tasks	Create a new task
PUT	/tasks/:id	Update a task by ID
DELETE	/tasks/:id	Delete a task by ID
PATCH	/tasks/:id/complete	Update task status by ID

Request Example (POST /tasks)

{
"title": "Complete project",
"description": "Finish the task manager project",
"status": "in-progress"
}

Response Example

{
"id": 1,
"title": "Complete project",
"description": "Finish the task manager project",
"status": "in-progress",
"createdAt": "2024-11-29T12:00:00Z"
}

📚 Technologies Used

• Node.js – Backend runtime environment.
• JavaScript – Main programming language.
• Custom Middleware – JSON handling.
• File-based Mock Database – For lightweight storage.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

📞 Contact

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to reach out:

• GitHub: DevAnseSenior
• Linked: Anderson Coelho