Team Task Manager

A full-stack assignment project where admins create projects, manage teams, assign tasks, and track project progress. Members can see their assigned work and update task status.

Features

• Signup and login with JWT authentication
• Admin and Member roles
• Project creation and team membership management
• Task creation, assignment, due dates, and status tracking
• Dashboard stats for total tasks, status split, overdue tasks, and project progress
• REST APIs backed by PostgreSQL
• Railway deployment configuration

Tech Stack

• Node.js + Express
• PostgreSQL
• JWT + bcryptjs
• Static HTML/CSS/JavaScript frontend served by Express

Local Setup

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Create .env from .env.example and set DATABASE_URL and JWT_SECRET.

3. Initialize the database:

   npm run db:init

4. Optional: add demo users, projects, members, and tasks:

   npm run db:seed

   Demo login password for all seeded users is Password123.

5. Start the app:

   npm run dev

6. Optional: run a full API smoke test:

   npm run test:smoke

Open http://localhost:3000.

Railway Deployment

1. Push this project to GitHub.

2. Create a Railway project from the repo.

3. Add a PostgreSQL service in Railway.

4. Add environment variables:

   • DATABASE_URL from the Railway PostgreSQL plugin
   • JWT_SECRET with a long random value
   • NODE_ENV=production

5. Run the migration command once from Railway shell or locally against the Railway database:

   npm run db:init

Railway will use npm start from railway.json.

See RAILWAY_DEPLOYMENT.md for a step-by-step deployment checklist.

Demo Flow

1. Sign up as an Admin.
2. Create a project.
3. Add members by email to the project team.
4. Create tasks and assign them to team members.
5. Members log in and update task statuses.