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