Task Manager API (Spring Boot Project)

Welcome! 🌟

This is an open-source Java project designed to provide a fully functional Task Manager REST API built with Spring Boot. It serves both as a professional project example and as a real, live repository for the community.

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🌟 Features

• ✅ CRUD operations for tasks (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
• ✅ DTO mapping for clean architecture
• ✅ Service - Repository layered structure
• ✅ Swagger/OpenAPI documentation for easy testing
• ✅ Friendly and clear code style, ready for extension
• ✅ Modern Java 21 features utilized

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📊 Technologies Used

• Java 21 ☕
• Spring Boot 3+
• Spring Web
• Spring Data JPA
• H2 Database (for development and testing)
• Lombok
• Swagger (Springdoc OpenAPI)
• Maven

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📚 Project Structure

src/
 ├── main/
 │   ├── java/com/example/taskmanager/
 │   │   ├── controller/
 │   │   ├── service/
 │   │   ├── repository/
 │   │   ├── dto/
 │   │   └── model/
 │   └── resources/
 │       ├── application.properties
 │       └── static/
 └── test/

🧪 Testing

This project includes unit tests to ensure code stability and correctness.

Run all tests using:

./mvnw test

mvn test

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## 🚀 Roadmap

- [x] Setup project structure
- [x] Implement CRUD operations
- [x] Setup Swagger documentation
- [ ] Add unit and integration tests
- [ ] Secure API with JWT authentication
- [ ] Create Dockerfile and docker-compose support
- [ ] Deploy to cloud

## 🤝 Community Support

We warmly welcome any contributions, ideas, or feedback!

Feel free to:
- Fork this repository
- Create issues
- Submit pull requests
- Suggest improvements

Together we make open-source better! 🚀

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## 🚀 How to Install and Run the Project

### 1. Clone the Repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/MattJavaDeveloper/task-manager-api-enterprise.git
cd task-manager-api-enterprise

2. Build and Launch the Project

./mvnw spring-boot:run

⚡ If you don't have Maven Wrapper installed, run: mvn spring-boot:run

3. Open the Application in Browser

Swagger UI for testing the API will be available at:

http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui/index.html

Swagger UI Preview

Here is a quick look at the automatically generated API documentation:

🌟 Why This Project?

• Demonstrates clean REST API architecture
• Designed for real-world usage and portfolio enhancement
• Created with passion for code quality and open-source contribution
• Aims to inspire and help developers around the world

This project is not just "yet another tutorial app", but a professional-grade starting point for larger systems.

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🌈 Contributions

Contributions, feedback, and improvements are very welcome! Feel free to fork the project, make changes, and submit a pull request. Let's grow the open-source community together! 💪

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🔧 License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.

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💡 Final Notes

• Built with ❤️ by a passionate Java developer
• Always striving for code excellence
• Made for developers, by developers

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Let's create something awesome together! 🌟