TaskTogether 🏗️🚀

TaskTogether

TaskTogether is a remote team collaboration platform designed to streamline project management, team communication, and real-time video conferencing. Built with a robust backend (Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Prisma) and a dynamic frontend (React, TypeScript), it empowers teams to work efficiently from anywhere.

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🌟 Features

✔ Project Management – Create, update, and manage projects
✔ Task Assignment – Assign tasks, update status (Kanban-style)
✔ Real-time Chat – Send and receive messages instantly
✔ Video Calls – Start secure video meetings within the app
✔ Authentication – Secure user login with JWT
✔ Role-based Access – Admin/member permissions for projects

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🚀 Tech Stack

Frontend:

• React.js (TypeScript)
• Bootstrap for UI
• WebSockets for real-time chat
• React Router for navigation

Backend:

• Node.js (Express.js)
• PostgreSQL (Prisma ORM)
• Socket.io (for real-time communication)
• JWT authentication
• DigitalOcean App Platform for deployment

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🔧 Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repository

 git clone https://github.com/AndreLiar/TaskTogether.git
 cd TaskTogether

2. Backend Setup

1. Install dependencies:

   cd backend/src
   npm install
   npm run dev

2. Set up environment variables:
   • Copy .env.example to .env
   • Update the database URL as needed:

     DATABASE_URL=postgresql://your_user:your_password@localhost:5432/remote_collab
     

3. Run migrations and seed the database:

   npx prisma migrate dev
   npx prisma db seed

4. Start the backend server:

   npm run dev

3. Frontend Setup

1. Install dependencies:

   cd frontend
   npm install
   npm run dev

2. Start the frontend server:

   npm start

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🗄️ Database Setup & Restoration

A database dump (remote_collab_backup.dump) is available in the backend folder. Follow these steps to restore it on your machine:

1. Create a New PostgreSQL Database

Ensure PostgreSQL is installed, then create a database:

createdb -U your_user -h localhost -p 5432 remote_collab

2. Restore the Database

pg_restore -U your_user -h localhost -p 5432 -d remote_collab -C -F c backend/remote_collab_backup.dump

3. Update Environment Variables

Edit the .env file in the backend folder with your database credentials:

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://your_user:your_password@localhost:5432/remote_collab

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🎯 Roadmap

✅ MVP (Minimum Viable Product) Ready
📌 Improve UI/UX for chat & video calls

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💡 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Feel free to fork the repo, create a branch, and submit a PR.

git checkout -b feature-new
git commit -m "Added new feature"
git push origin feature-new

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Andre Yvan Laurel Kanmegne Tabouguie

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

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📧 Contact

💬 Developed by: Andre Yvan Laurel Kanmegne Tabouguie
📌 GitHub: AndreLiar
📌 Email: andrelaurelyvan.kanmegnetabouguie@ynov.com

🚀 Let's build something amazing together! 🚀

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