Student Task Management System

A simple MERN-stack application for students to manage academic tasks.

Features

• JWT registration/login/logout
• Protected routes
• Create, view, edit and delete tasks
• Task status and priority
• Search and filtering
• Dashboard statistics
• Overdue task tracking

Run Backend

1. Install MongoDB and make sure it is running.
2. cd backend
3. npm install
4. Copy .env.example to .env and set values.
5. npm run dev

Backend runs on http://localhost:5000

Run Frontend

1. Open another terminal.
2. cd frontend
3. npm install
4. npm run dev

Open the Vite URL shown in the terminal.

Architecture

React -> Axios -> Express REST API -> Controllers -> Mongoose -> MongoDB.

Main API

POST /api/auth/register POST /api/auth/login GET /api/auth/me GET/POST /api/tasks GET/PUT/DELETE /api/tasks/:id