📌 Project Management Tool

A Node.js + Express + MongoDB backend for a project management tool. Currently, it includes basic user management functionality, with more features (tasks, projects, dashboards) planned for future development.

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🚀 Features (Current & Planned)

• ✅ User registration & management (/users)
• ✅ REST API using Express.js
• ✅ MongoDB integration with Mongoose
• 🔜 Task & project management APIs
• 🔜 Authentication & authorization (JWT)
• 🔜 Frontend (React/Vanilla JS) for user interface

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB with Mongoose
• Dev Tools: Nodemon for auto-reload
• Version Control: Git & GitHub

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📂 Project Structure

project-management-tool/
│── public/            # Static assets (future frontend assets)
│── src/               # Source code
│   ├── routes/        # Express routes (users.js, future tasks.js, projects.js)
│   ├── models/        # Mongoose models (User.js, etc.)
│   ├── controllers/   # Business logic (future expansion)
│   ├── index.js       # Entry point of the app
│── PRD.md             # Product Requirements Document
│── package.json       # Dependencies & scripts
│── .gitignore         # Ignored files
│── .prettierrc        # Code formatting rules

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⚙️ Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/MishraRoushankumar/project-management-tool.git
   cd project-management-tool

2. Install dependencies

   npm install

3. Set up environment variables
   Create a .env file in the project root:

   PORT=3000
   MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/project-management-tool

4. Run the development server

   npm run dev

   Or for production:

   npm start

5. Server will run on:

   http://localhost:3000
   

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📖 API Endpoints

👤 Users

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/users	Create a new user
GET	/users	Get all users
GET	/users/:id	Get user by ID
PUT	/users/:id	Update user details
DELETE	/users/:id	Delete user

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📌 Roadmap

• Implement task & project routes
• Add JWT-based authentication
• Integrate frontend (React or plain HTML/JS)
• Role-based access (Admin, Member)
• Deploy on cloud (Render/Heroku/Vercel + MongoDB Atlas)

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a new branch (feature/my-feature)
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to your branch
5. Open a Pull Request

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License – feel free to use and modify.

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👤 Author

Roushankumar Mishra
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