krishnachaudhary

Project Alpha

A full-stack task management application built with React, Node.js, and Express.

Features

• User registration and JWT authentication
• Create, read, update, and delete tasks
• Priority levels (low, medium, high)
• Task completion tracking
• Clean, dark-themed dashboard
• Responsive design

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React 18, CSS3
• Backend: Node.js, Express
• Auth: JWT (JSON Web Tokens), bcryptjs
• Storage: In-memory (easily swappable to MongoDB)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 16+ installed

Installation

# Install server dependencies
npm install

# Install client dependencies
cd client && npm install && cd ..

Running

# Start the server
npm start

# In another terminal, start the client (development)
cd client && npm start

The app will be available at:

• Frontend: http://localhost:3000
• API: http://localhost:5000

Building for Production

cd client && npm run build

The built files will be in client/build/ and served by the Express server.

API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/api/auth/register	Register a new user
POST	/api/auth/login	Login
GET	/api/auth/me	Get current user
GET	/api/tasks	List tasks
POST	/api/tasks	Create task
PUT	/api/tasks/:id	Update task
DELETE	/api/tasks/:id	Delete task

License

MIT