Task Manager

A console-based task managing tool built with Java, designed to help you manage personal tasks with deadlines. This project demonstrates core Java concepts including object-oriented programming and file I/O.

✨ Features

• 📝 Create and manage tasks
• ⏰ Set deadlines
• 🎵 Background music playback (runs in a separate thread)
• 💾 Save and load tasks to/from disk
• 📂 Structured using Maven conventions
• 🔁 Cross-platform (runs on any system with Java 17+)

📦 Tech Stack

• Java 17+
• File I/O
• Java Sound API for audio

📁 Project Structure

This project follows the standard Maven directory layout:

java-task-manager/
├── src/
│   ├── main/
│   │   ├── java/
│   │   └── resources/
│   └── test/
│       ├── java/
├── target/
├── pom.xml
├── README.md

How to use

1. Install JDK.
2. Clone the repository.
3. Create two files inside src/main/.data directory:
   • .settings.properties
   • .tasks.csv

In .settings.properties, add your settings like this:

# Thu Jul 31 18:27:33 PDT 2025
color=
username=

In .tasks.csv, add the CSV header and a mandatory empty line below it:

id,title,body,isCompleted,start,end
[mandatory empty line here]