📂 TaskForge

TaskForge is a sleek and modern project management web app tailored for freelancers, developers, startups, and creatives who need to stay on top of their game.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Here’s what’s under the hood of this monorepo:

Tech	Purpose
	Lightning-fast frontend build tool
	UI library for building interactive UIs
	Client-side routing
	State management
	Utility-first CSS framework
	JavaScript runtime for backend
	Web framework for Node.js
	NoSQL database (coming soon)
	Unified codebase for client & server
	CI/CD automation (coming soon)

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🚀 Getting Started

Clone and Install

git clone https://github.com/Sumith-Kumar-Saini/taskforge.git
cd taskforge
npm install

Environment Setup

Make sure to copy environment templates into both the frontend and backend directories.

# In client/
cp .env.example .env

# In server/
cp .env.example .env

Development

Run both client and server concurrently:

npm run dev

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📁 Project Structure

The repo follows a simple and scalable monorepo setup.

taskforge/
├── client/                            # Frontend - React + Vite + Redux
│   ├── public/                        # Static files
│   ├── src/                           # Source files
│   │   ├── assets/                    # Images, icons, and other static assets
│   │   ├── components/                # Reusable UI components
│   │   ├── constants/                 # Constant values
│   │   ├── features/                  # Redux slices and domain logic
│   │   ├── hooks/                     # Custom React hooks
│   │   ├── layouts/                   # Shared layouts (e.g., Header, Sidebar)
│   │   ├── lib/                       # Utility libraries and helper functions
│   │   ├── pages/                     # Route-based pages
│   │   ├── router/                    # React Router configs
│   │   ├── store/                     # Redux store configuration
│   │   ├── App.jsx                    # Root component
│   │   ├── index.css                  # Global styles
│   │   └── main.jsx                   # Entry point
│   ├── index.html                     # HTML template
│   ├── vite.config.js                 # Vite config
│   ├── package.json                   # Client dependencies & scripts
│   └── .env.example                   # Sample environment config
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├── server/                            # Backend - Node.js + Express + MongoDB
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── config/                    # App configuration (e.g., DB, CORS)
│   │   ├── constants/                 # Static values, enums, etc.
│   │   ├── controllers/               # Business logic for routes
│   │   ├── middlewares/               # Custom Express middleware
│   │   ├── models/                    # MongoDB models
│   │   ├── routes/                    # API endpoints
│   │   ├── schemas/                   # MongoDB schemas (Mongoose)
│   │   ├── services/                  # Core service logic (e.g., DB, email, APIs)
│   │   ├── utils/                     # Helper functions/utilities
│   │   ├── validators/                # Request validators using schemas
│   │   └── app.js                     # Sets up app (routes, middleware, etc.)
│   ├── server.js                      # Entry point – starts the server
│   ├── package.json                   # Server dependencies & scripts
│   └── .env.example                   # Sample environment config
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├── .env.example                       # Shared/global env vars (optional)
├── .gitignore                         # Ignored files and directories
├── CONTRIBUTING.md                    # How to contribute (see below)
├── LICENSE                            # MIT License (see below)
├── README.md                          # This file
├── package.json                       # Monorepo-level scripts and tools
└── node_modules/                      # Installed dependencies

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📦 Available Scripts

Command	Description
npm run dev	Starts both client and server
npm run build	Builds both apps for production
npm run test	Runs test suites (coming soon)

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🤝 Contributing

Wanna contribute? We'd love that!

Check out CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on:

• Submitting pull requests
• Filing issues or feature requests
• Coding standards
• Branching strategy

Feel free to fork this repo, make improvements, and open a PR!

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. You're free to use, modify, and distribute this project as long as the original copyright and license notice are included.