Building a Full-Stack Task Manager with CRUD Operations (Node.js, Express, MongoDB, REST API, HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

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🔹 Introduction

In today’s fast-paced world, managing tasks efficiently is crucial. In this blog, we’ll build a Task Manager where users can Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) tasks using a RESTful API with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB (Mongoose ODM).

💡 By the end of this guide, you will:
✅ Understand how to structure a full-stack project
✅ Learn how to create a REST API with Node.js & Express
✅ Integrate a MongoDB database using Mongoose
✅ Build a frontend with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
✅ Connect the frontend to the backend for seamless CRUD operations



📌 Tech Stack Used

🔹 Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
🔹 Backend: Node.js, Express.js
🔹 Database: MongoDB (Mongoose ODM)
🔹 API Type: RESTful API
🔹 Version Control: Git & GitHub



📂 Project Structure

A well-organized project structure makes development efficient. Here’s how our Task Manager is structured:




🛠 Backend Implementation (Node.js, Express, MongoDB)

1️⃣ Setting Up the Backend

Step 1: Initialize the Project

Run the following commands to set up your Node.js project: 

  • mkdir task-manager 
  • cd task-manager 
  • npm init -y


Then, install required dependencies:

  • npm install express mongoose dotenv cors body-parser


Step 2: Create the Server (server.js)



Step 3: Define the Task Model (models/Task.js)



Step 4: Create Routes (routes/taskRoutes.js)

🎨 Frontend Implementation (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

Step 5: Create index.html (UI for Task Manager)



Step 6: Add Styling (styles.css)

 

Step 7: Connect Frontend to Backend (script.js)

🚀 Conclusion

Congratulations! 🎉 You’ve built a full-stack Task Manager with CRUD operations using Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and a frontend with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You can now deploy it to Heroku/Vercel and expand its features.


Source Code Link:[https://github.com/Yokesh4]

✅ Let me know if you have any questions! 🚀 



 




 



 




 


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