Taskminder - Backend Features

1. API Development:

   • Create a robust and secure API that handles requests from the frontend and interacts with the database.

2. User Management:

   • Implement functionalities for user registration, login, and profile management.
   • Enable users to update their profiles, change passwords, and manage notification preferences.

3. Task Management:

   • Develop functionalities to create, update, and delete tasks in the database.
   • Store task details such as title, description, due dates, priority levels, and associated project or category.

4. Task Assignment:

   • Build features to assign tasks to specific team members.
   • Store the assignment information and link it to the respective user.
   • Prevent assigning tasks to team members who already have tasks assigned.

5. Task Status Tracking:

   • Implement mechanisms to track and update the status of tasks.
   • Allow users to mark tasks as "In Progress," "Completed," or "Overdue."

6. Notifications:

   • Develop functionalities to generate and send notifications to users for task assignments, updates, approaching deadlines, or other relevant task-related events.

7. Task Filtering and Sorting:

   • Implement APIs that enable users to filter and sort tasks based on criteria such as priority, due date, project, or assigned team member.
   • Provide flexible options for users to organize and view their tasks effectively.

8. Task Attachments (Additional Feature):

   • Build APIs that enable users to upload, retrieve, and manage attachments or files associated with tasks.
   • Ensure seamless access to relevant resources for users.

9. Task Dependencies (Additional Feature):

   • Implement APIs to manage task dependencies, ensuring tasks are completed in the correct order.
   • Enforce constraints to prevent invalid task dependencies.

10. Task Comments and Discussion (Additional Feature):

    • Create APIs to handle the addition of comments, retrieval of existing comments, and facilitating task-related discussions among team members.
    • Enable smooth collaboration and communication within the task management system.

11. Task Analytics and Reports (Additional Feature):

    • Develop APIs to generate task-related analytics and reports.
    • Provide insights into task completion rates, average completion time, and team performance metrics.

12. Background Services:

    • Set up email services to send notifications to users for task assignments, updates, and approaching deadlines.
    • Implement APIs to schedule and send task reminders to users for upcoming deadlines or important milestones.

13. Project Structure Requirements:

    • Establish a well-structured folder hierarchy for the backend codebase.
    • Document all queries, tables, etc., related to the database and store them in a folder named Database Design.

14. Utility Functions:

    • Utilize utility functions to improve code organization and maintainability.
    • Reuse common functionalities to ensure efficient development.

15. Standardized Response Codes and Messages:

    • Standardize status codes and messages to communicate response statuses effectively between frontend and backend.

16. JWT Authentication:

    • Implement JWT (JSON Web Tokens) for secure user authentication and authorization.

17. Password Encryption:

    • Add encryption to passwords to ensure the security of user data.

With these features, Taskminder's backend will provide a robust and efficient foundation for managing tasks and facilitating seamless communication between the frontend and the database.