📋 Task Manager — Educational Django Project

A clean, responsive task management and learning journal built with Django.
This project combines backend logic (tasks, subtasks, categories) with a modern frontend UI, serving as a portfolio piece for backend development and full-stack learning.

✨ Live features:

• Task & subtask management
• Learning journal (blog-style posts)
• Styled UI with consistent layout
• Fully responsive design

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🌟 Features

📌 Task Management

• Create Tasks with title, description, status, categories, and deadlines
• Add Subtasks linked to parent tasks
• Organize tasks using Categories (many-to-many relation)
• Manage all data via Django Admin

📝 Learning Journal

• Write and view educational posts (notes, reflections, code snippets)
• Clean, readable layout with proper typography

🎨 Frontend

• Modern, responsive design with flexbox layout
• Consistent styling across all pages (/, /tasks/, /posts/, /about/)
• Sticky footer that never jumps
• GitHub & LinkedIn links on the About page
• Light, accessible color scheme

🛠️ Developer Experience

• Follows PEP8 coding standards
• English comments and clean structure
• Load initial data via JSON fixture (optional)
• Ready for deployment

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📦 Models

Task

• title (unique per deadline)
• description
• categories (many-to-many with Category)
• status: New, In progress, Pending, Blocked, Done
• deadline
• created_at

SubTask

• title
• description
• task (foreign key to Task)
• status
• deadline
• created_at

Category

• name (unique)

Post (for learning journal)

• title
• slug (for clean URLs)
• body
• date

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🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/mierkulova-tech/Task-Manager.git
   cd Task-Manager
   

2. Create and activate virtual environment

   python -m venv .venv
   # Windows:
   .\.venv\Scripts\activate
   # macOS / Linux:
   source .venv/bin/activate
   

3. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Apply migrations

   python manage.py migrate
   

5. Create superuser (optional but recommended)

   python manage.py createsuperuser
   

6. Load sample data (optional)

   python manage.py loaddata tasks_fixture.json
   

7. Run the server

   python manage.py runserver
   

8. Explore Visit: http://127.0.0.1:8000 Admin panel: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin

💻 Screenshots (Consider adding 2–3 screenshots later: homepage, task list, post detail, about page) Example caption: "Clean UI with consistent layout and responsive design"

📚 Purpose This project is part of my backend development and full-stack learning journey, demonstrating:

Django models, views, and templates REST-like URL design Semantic HTML & modern CSS (no frameworks) Professional GitHub presentation

📄 License This project is for educational purposes only. Feel free to use the code as a reference or learning resource.