feat: adds creator's name in todo List

[shobhan-sundar-goutam]

Date: 14-08-25

Developer Name: Shobhan Sundar Goutam (@shobhan-sundar-goutam)

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Issue Ticket Number

Closes #180

Description

• This PR updates the task list to display the name of the user who created each task.

Documentation Updated?

• Yes
• No

Under Feature Flag

• Yes
• No

Database Changes

• Yes
• No

Breaking Changes

• Yes
• No

Development Tested?

• Yes
• No

Screenshots

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Test Coverage

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Additional Notes

Description by Korbit AI

What change is being made?

Add the creator's name to the todo list by updating the TTask type, todo-list table components, and team tasks module to include a createdBy field.

Why are these changes being made?

These changes provide clarity on who created each task, which enhances accountability and traceability for task management. The inclusion of this information was deemed necessary to improve team collaboration and audit trails by making the creator's identity visible in relevant user interfaces.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added a “Created By” column to task lists, including Team Tasks, showing the creator’s name with a fallback when unavailable. Improves visibility of task ownership across views.

• Improvements

  • Updated table headers and rows to accommodate the new column without impacting existing interactions or layouts.

Walkthrough

Adds a createdBy field to task types and updates UI tables to display the creator’s name in a new “Created By” column, using optional chaining with a fallback.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Task Types api/tasks/tasks.types.ts	Added TTaskCreatedBy type; added optional createdBy?: TTaskCreatedBy
Todo List Table UI components/todo-list-table.tsx	Inserted “Created By” header and cell; renders todo.createdBy?.name with '--' fallback.
Teams Tasks UI modules/teams/team-tasks.tsx	Added “Created By” cell in team task rows; displays todo.createdBy?.name with '--' fallback.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant TodoListUI as Todo List UI
  participant Types as Task Types

  User->>TodoListUI: Open tasks view
  TodoListUI->>Types: Read todo.createdBy?: {id,name}|null
  TodoListUI->>User: Render table with "Created By" = name or "--"

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Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~8 minutes

Assessment against linked issues

Objective	Addressed	Explanation
Display the creator's name alongside task information (#180)	✅

Possibly related issues

• Show Creator's Name on Task todo-backend#245: Introduces/serves createdBy field needed by the new UI column.

Possibly related PRs

• feat: add and remove task in watchlist #113: Also modifies createdBy types; closely related type evolution.
• feat: integrate GET API for watchlist tasks #115: Prior handling of createdBy as string; this PR updates to object form and UI usage.

Suggested reviewers

• iamitprakash
• amit-flx

Poem

I nibbled through types, a carrot in paw,
New fields sprouted: createdBy—ooh, hurrah!
In tidy rows the names now show,
With dashes when we do not know.
Hippity-hop, the table’s bright—
A creator revealed in morning light. 🥕🐇

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📒 Files selected for processing (3)

• api/tasks/tasks.types.ts (3 hunks)
• components/todo-list-table.tsx (2 hunks)
• modules/teams/team-tasks.tsx (1 hunks)

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🧬 Code Graph Analysis (1)

components/todo-list-table.tsx (1)

components/ui/table.tsx (2)

• TableHead (91-91)
• TableCell (91-91)

🔇 Additional comments (6)

api/tasks/tasks.types.ts (3)

19-19: LGTM!

The addition of the optional createdBy field to the TTask type follows the existing pattern of optional fields and uses the appropriate type reference.

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105-105: LGTM!

The createdBy field addition to TWatchListTask maintains consistency with the TTask type and follows the same optional pattern.

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130-133: LGTM!

The TTaskCreatedBy type definition is well-structured with appropriate fields for identifying and displaying the creator information.

components/todo-list-table.tsx (2)

41-41: LGTM!

The "Created By" header is appropriately positioned between "Assignee" and "Due Date" columns, maintaining logical column ordering.

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83-83: LGTM!

The implementation correctly uses optional chaining with a fallback value to handle cases where the creator information might be null or undefined.

modules/teams/team-tasks.tsx (1)

55-55: LGTM!

The implementation correctly displays the creator's name with appropriate fallback handling, consistent with the pattern used in the main todo-list-table component.

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File Path	Reviewed
api/tasks/tasks.types.ts	✅
modules/teams/team-tasks.tsx	✅
components/todo-list-table.tsx	✅

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