Mini Task Management

Minimal CRUD for a Task with fields: title (string), description (text, optional), completed (boolean).

Features

• Search across title and description
• Status filters: All, Pending, Completed
• Inline editing on the list (no separate edit page)
• Clean, beginner-friendly Create page
• Delete with confirmation
• Minimal CSS; no build tools required

Tech

• Laravel 12, PHP 8.2+
• MySQL (Laragon) by default
• Blade templates (no Node/Vite required)

Quick start (Laragon + MySQL)

1. Make sure PHP 8.2+, Composer, and MySQL (Laragon) are installed and MySQL is running.
2. Create database (or use Laragon UI):
   • mysql -uroot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS laravel CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;"
3. Copy env file and set DB connection:
   • cp .env.example .env
   • Update .env:
     • DB_CONNECTION=mysql
     • DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
     • DB_PORT=3306
     • DB_DATABASE=laravel
     • DB_USERNAME=root
     • DB_PASSWORD= (empty unless you changed it)
4. Install dependencies: composer install
5. App key: php artisan key:generate
6. Migrate database: php artisan migrate
7. (Optional) Seed demo data (first run):
   • Recommended: php artisan migrate:fresh --seed
   • If you later see a duplicate email error while seeding, use php artisan migrate:fresh --seed to reset and reseed cleanly.
8. Run the app: php artisan serve
9. Open http://127.0.0.1:8000 → Tasks index

Routes

• GET / → redirects to tasks.index
• GET /tasks → list tasks
• GET /tasks/create → create form
• POST /tasks → store
• GET /tasks/{task} → defined but redirects to list (inline editing used)
• GET /tasks/{task}/edit → defined but redirects to list (inline editing used)
• PUT /tasks/{task} → update
• DELETE /tasks/{task} → delete

Code map

• Model: app/Models/Task.php
• Controller: app/Http/Controllers/TaskController.php
• Routes: routes/web.php
• Views: resources/views/tasks/*.blade.php
• Migration: database/migrations/*_create_tasks_table.php

Troubleshooting

• Duplicate email error when seeding: run php artisan migrate:fresh --seed to reset the DB, or edit database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php to skip creating the sample user if it already exists.
• Port already in use: stop other PHP servers or run php artisan serve --port=8001.
• Database connection issues: verify .env DB settings and that MySQL is running.

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