Task Management System API

A Laravel 12 API for a Task Management System with authentication, task assignment, and task status management.

Documentation

This project's documentation is split into multiple files for easier navigation:

• Installation & Setup Guide - Instructions for development setup
• API Documentation - Complete API reference with examples and error handling
• Architecture - System architecture, flow diagrams, and design principles
• Postman Collection Guide - How to use the included Postman collection

Features

• User authentication with Laravel Sanctum
• Task management (create, assign, complete)
• Queues & Jobs for asynchronous notification handling
• Custom middleware for request execution time logging
• Service container & dependency injection
• Task scheduler for expiring overdue tasks
• Event-listener system for logging task completions
• API resource transformations

Requirements

• PHP 8.4+
• Laravel 12
• MySQL Database
• Composer

Quick Start

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/task-management-system.git
cd task-management-system

# Install dependencies
composer install

# Copy environment file
cp .env.example .env

# Generate application key
php artisan key:generate

# Run migrations
php artisan migrate

# Start the development server
php artisan serve

For detailed setup instructions, see the Installation & Setup Guide.

License

MIT