📋 Laravel Task Manager

A modern, SaaS-style Task Manager built with Laravel — featuring a Kanban board, drag & drop, and real-time UI updates.

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✨ Features

• 🔐 User Authentication — Secure login and registration system
• 📝 Full Task CRUD — Create, update, and delete tasks effortlessly
• 📌 Status Management — Organize tasks across Todo, Doing, and Done columns
• 🎯 Kanban Board — Drag & drop interface for intuitive task management
• ⚡ Real-Time Updates — UI reflects changes instantly without page reloads
• 📊 Personal Dashboard — Overview of all your tasks in one place
• 🎨 Modern UI — Clean, responsive design powered by Tailwind CSS

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Backend	Laravel (PHP)
Frontend	Blade Templates + Vite + JavaScript
Styling	Tailwind CSS
Database	PostgreSQL
Deployment	Render (Docker)

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📦 Installation (Local Development)

Prerequisites

• PHP 8.2+
• Composer
• Node.js & npm
• PostgreSQL

Steps

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/DIYA73/laravel-task-manager.git
cd laravel-task-manager

# 2. Install PHP dependencies
composer install

# 3. Set up environment
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

# 4. Configure your database in .env (see below)

# 5. Run migrations
php artisan migrate

# 6. Install frontend dependencies and build
npm install
npm run dev

# 7. Start the development server
php artisan serve

Visit http://localhost:8000 in your browser. 🎉

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⚙️ Environment Variables

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the following:

APP_NAME=Laravel Task Manager
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=base64:YOUR_GENERATED_KEY
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_URL=http://localhost

DB_CONNECTION=pgsql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=5432
DB_DATABASE=task_manager
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_PASSWORD=your_password

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🐳 Deployment (Render via Docker)

This project includes a Dockerfile for containerized deployment.

1. Push your code to GitHub
2. Create a new Web Service on Render
3. Connect your repository
4. Set environment variables in the Render dashboard
5. Add a PostgreSQL database on Render and link it via DATABASE_URL
6. Deploy 🚀

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🧪 Useful Artisan Commands

# Run database migrations
php artisan migrate

# Run migrations (force in production)
php artisan migrate --force

# Clear cached config
php artisan config:clear

# Clear application cache
php artisan cache:clear

# Run tests
php artisan test

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📁 Project Structure

laravel-task-manager/
├── app/
│   ├── Http/Controllers/     # Request handling logic
│   └── Models/               # Eloquent models
├── database/
│   └── migrations/           # Database schema
├── resources/
│   └── views/                # Blade templates
├── routes/
│   └── web.php               # Application routes
├── public/                   # Publicly accessible assets
├── Dockerfile                # Docker configuration
└── .env.example              # Environment variable template

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📸 Screenshots

🔐 Login Page

📋 Dashboard & Kanban Board

📝 Register Page

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🔮 Roadmap & Future Improvements

• 🔔 In-app Notifications
• 📅 Task Due Dates & Reminders
• 👥 Team Collaboration & Role Management
• 📱 Full Mobile Optimization
• 🏷️ Task Labels & Priority Levels
• 📈 Productivity Analytics

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🧑‍💻 Author

Diya Taib Ismahil

• 🌐 Full-stack Developer (in progress 🚀)
• 💡 Passionate about web development & UI/UX
• 🔗 GitHub Profile

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.

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⭐ Support

If you found this project useful or interesting, please give it a ⭐ on GitHub — it means a lot!

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Built with ❤️ using Laravel & Tailwind CSS