Team Task Manager

A full-stack team task management app built with React (frontend) and Express (backend).
No database required — uses in-memory storage.

⚠️ Note: Data resets on server restart. For production use, consider adding a database like MongoDB or PostgreSQL.

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🗂️ Project Structure

team-task-manager/
├── backend/          # Express API server
│   ├── middleware/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── db.js         # In-memory database
│   ├── server.js
│   └── .env.example
└── frontend/         # React app
    ├── public/
    ├── src/
    │   ├── components/
    │   ├── context/
    │   └── pages/
    └── .env.example

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🚀 Local Development

1. Backend

cd backend
npm install
cp .env.example .env   # Edit JWT_SECRET if you want
npm run dev            # Runs on http://localhost:5000

2. Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm start              # Runs on http://localhost:3000

The frontend package.json has a proxy set to http://localhost:5000, so API calls work automatically in development.

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☁️ Deploy on Railway

This project is pre-configured for Railway with railway.json in both folders.

Steps:

1. Push this repo to GitHub
2. Go to railway.app → New Project → Deploy from GitHub repo
3. Add two services — one for backend/, one for frontend/
4. For each service, set the Root Directory to backend or frontend
5. Set environment variables:

Backend service:

PORT=5000
JWT_SECRET=some_strong_random_secret

Frontend service:

REACT_APP_API_URL=https://<your-backend-service>.up.railway.app

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✨ Features

• User registration & login (JWT auth)
• Create and manage projects
• Add team members (Admin / Member roles)
• Create, assign, and track tasks
• Task statuses: Todo → In Progress → Review → Done
• Dashboard with stats
• My Tasks view

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📡 API Routes

Method	Route	Description
POST	/api/auth/register	Register
POST	/api/auth/login	Login
GET	/api/auth/me	Current user
GET	/api/projects	List my projects
POST	/api/projects	Create project
GET	/api/projects/:id	Get project
PUT	/api/projects/:id	Update project (Admin)
DELETE	/api/projects/:id	Delete project (Admin)
POST	/api/projects/:id/members	Add member (Admin)
DELETE	/api/projects/:id/members/:userId	Remove member (Admin)
GET	/api/projects/:id/tasks	Get project tasks
POST	/api/tasks	Create task
GET	/api/tasks/my	My tasks
GET	/api/tasks/:id	Get task
PUT	/api/tasks/:id	Update task
DELETE	/api/tasks/:id	Delete task (Admin)
GET	/api/users/search?email=	Find user by email
GET	/api/users/dashboard	Dashboard stats