Task Manager Application 🚀

Overview.. 🚀

The Task Manager Application is a feature-rich project designed to streamline task management for employees and administrators. Built with Spring Boot, this application allows seamless task assignment, status tracking, and communication between users via a nested comments system.

Purpose: Simplify task collaboration by providing a secure, efficient, and user-friendly backend.

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🌟 Features

• User Roles: Supports both Admin and Employee roles.
• Task Management:
  • Add, update, delete, and search tasks.
  • Assign tasks to employees.
• Nested Comments: Admins and employees can comment and reply to task-specific discussions.
• Role-Based Authentication: Ensures secure access to endpoints based on user roles.
• Current User Utility: Simplifies retrieval of the logged-in user's information.

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Backend: Spring Boot 3
• Database: MySQL
• Authentication: Spring Security
• Data Transfer: REST APIs

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🚀 API Endpoints

1. Admin Endpoints (/admin)

User Management

• Add Admin:
  • POST /admin/addAdmin
  • Request Body: UserModel

Task Management

• Get All Tasks:
  • GET /admin/allTask
• Add Task:
  • POST /admin/addTask
  • Request Body: TaskDto
• Delete Task:
  • DELETE /admin/task/{id}
  • Path Variable: id (Task ID)
• Get Task by ID:
  • GET /admin/task/{id}
  • Path Variable: id (Task ID)
• Update Task:
  • PUT /admin/updateTask/{id}
  • Request Body: TaskDto
  • Path Variable: id (Task ID)
• Search Tasks:
  • GET /admin/searchTask?keywords={keywords}&id={id}
  • Query Params: keywords (Optional), id (Optional)
• Get Tasks by Employee:
  • GET /admin/task/employee/{employeeId}
  • Path Variable: employeeId (Employee ID)
• Get Admin’s Tasks:
  • GET /admin/adminTask

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2. Employee Endpoints (/employee)

Task Management

• Get All Tasks Assigned to Employee:
  • GET /employee/tasks
• Update Task:
  • PUT /employee/updateTask/{id}
  • Request Body: TaskDto
  • Path Variable: id (Task ID)

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3. Comment Endpoints (/comment)

Task-Specific Comments

• Add Comment:
  • POST /comment/task/{taskId}
  • Request Body: CommentDto
  • Path Variable: taskId (Task ID)
• Get Comments for Task:
  • GET /comment/task/{taskId}
  • Path Variable: taskId (Task ID)

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4. User Endpoints

Authentication & User Management

• Add User:
  • POST /addUser
  • Request Body: UserModel
• Login:
  • POST /login
  • Request Body: UserModel

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🎯 Models Overview

Task Model

• id: Unique task identifier.
• title: Title of the task.
• description: Details about the task.
• dueDate: Deadline for the task.
• priority: Task priority (HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW).
• taskStatus: Status of the task.
• user: Assigned user (Many-to-One relationship).

Comment Model

• id: Unique comment identifier.
• content: The comment text.
• user: The user who made the comment.
• task: Associated task.
• parentComment: For nested replies (self-referencing Many-to-One relationship).

User Model

• id: Unique user identifier.
• email: User’s email (used for login).
• password: Password (securely hashed).
• userRole: Role of the user (ADMIN, EMPLOYEE).

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🏗️ Folder Structure

src/
├── main/
│   ├── java/
│   │   ├── com.example.TaskManager/
│   │   │   ├── Controller/  # REST API Controllers
│   │   │   ├── Enum/        # Enums (e.g., UserRole, TaskPriority)
│   │   │   ├── Models/      # Entity Classes (e.g., Task, Comment, UserModel)
│   │   │   ├── Repo/        # Repositories
│   │   │   ├── Services/    # Business Logic Services
│   │   │   ├── Utility/     # Helper Classes (e.g., CurrentUser)
├── resources/
│   ├── application.properties  # Configuration
└── ...

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🚦 How to Run the Project

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <your-repo-url>

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd TaskManager

3. Configure your database in application.properties.
4. Build and run the application:

   mvn spring-boot:run

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🌐 Future Enhancements

✨ Add email notifications for task updates.

✨ Integrate file attachments with comments.

✨ Create a frontend using Angular or React.

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📚 Documentation

• Authentication:
  • Uses Spring Security with role-based access.
  • Admins and Employees have distinct permissions.
• Nested Comments:
  • Supports replies to comments via parentComment in the Comment model.
• Task Search:
  • Supports search by keywords or task ID.

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🤝 Contributing

Feel free to fork this project, create new features, or optimize existing code! Submit a pull request, and let’s collaborate! 💻

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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💬 Feedback

Have questions or suggestions? Open an issue or contact me directly!

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Thank you for checking out the Task Manager Project! 🌟