feat: add Projects management feature with CRUD API, frontend UI, and tests

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Summary

Adds a full "Projects" management feature to the timesheet app, following existing codebase patterns (clients, work entries).

Backend:

• New projects table in SQLite with fields: name, description, client_id (FK to clients), start_date, status (active/completed/on-hold), user_email
• Joi validation schemas (projectSchema, updateProjectSchema) with status enum constraint
• RESTful CRUD routes at /api/projects (GET list, GET by id, POST, PUT, DELETE by id, DELETE all)
• Projects JOIN with clients to include client_name in responses
• 37 unit tests covering all endpoints, validation, and error paths

Frontend:

• Project / CreateProjectRequest / UpdateProjectRequest TypeScript types
• API client methods for all project endpoints
• ProjectsPage component with table view, create/edit dialog (with client dropdown + status selector + date picker), delete with confirmation
• "Projects" added to sidebar navigation and app routes

Review & Testing Checklist for Human

• Verify startDate storage format: Joi's Joi.date().iso() converts input strings into JavaScript Date objects. When these are passed to the SQLite driver, they may be stored as Date.toString() (e.g. "Wed Jan 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000") rather than the expected ISO format. Manually create a project with a start date and verify what gets stored/returned. (This same pattern exists in workEntrySchema — may be a pre-existing issue.)
• Client assignment with non-existent client_id: The API does not validate that clientId references an existing client before inserting. SQLite FK constraints are not enforced (no PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON in init.js). Try creating a project with clientId: 99999 and confirm the behavior is acceptable.
• End-to-end manual test: Log in, navigate to Projects page, create a project (with and without client assignment), edit it, change status, delete it. Verify the client dropdown populates correctly.
• Confirm ON DELETE SET NULL behavior: Delete a client that is assigned to a project and verify the project's client_id becomes null (note: this depends on FK enforcement being enabled, which it currently is not).

Notes

• All backend tests pass (193 total, including 37 new project tests). Frontend TypeScript and ESLint checks pass.
• The test suite is entirely mocked (no integration tests) — consistent with existing test approach but means SQL correctness is not verified by tests.
• The bulk DELETE /api/projects endpoint follows the same pattern as DELETE /api/clients — destructive but behind confirmation dialog in the UI.

Link to Devin session: https://partner-workshops.devinenterprise.com/sessions/a552048be935482f9d207034f344c4e9

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🔴 Missing client ownership validation allows referencing other users' clients

The project create (POST /) and update (PUT /:id) routes accept a clientId and insert it directly into the database without verifying that the client belongs to the authenticated user. This allows a user to associate their project with another user's client by providing that client's ID via direct API calls.

The existing workEntries.js route validates this correctly — on create (workEntries.js:90-102) it checks SELECT id FROM clients WHERE id = ? AND user_email = ?, and on update (workEntries.js:174-193) it does the same when clientId is being changed. The projects route skips this validation entirely for both operations.

Prompt for agents

In backend/src/routes/projects.js, the POST / handler (create project) at line 75 and the PUT /:id handler (update project) around lines 154-157 both accept a clientId and pass it directly to the database without verifying that the client belongs to the authenticated user (req.userEmail).

The established pattern for this validation can be seen in backend/src/routes/workEntries.js. In the POST handler (lines 90-102), before inserting the work entry, it runs:
  db.get('SELECT id FROM clients WHERE id = ? AND user_email = ?', [clientId, req.userEmail], ...)
and returns a 400 error if the client is not found.

Similarly, in the PUT handler (lines 174-193), it conditionally validates the clientId if it's being updated.

Apply the same pattern to both the POST and PUT handlers in projects.js:
1. In POST /, before the INSERT, check that clientId (when provided and non-null) belongs to the user
2. In PUT /:id, when value.clientId is provided and non-null, verify it belongs to the user before including it in the update query

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