Django Task Manager

A beginner-friendly task manager web app built with Django. Create, complete, and delete tasks — all persisted in a SQLite database with a clean admin panel included.

Features

• Add tasks with a title
• Mark tasks as complete / undo completion
• Delete tasks
• Django admin panel for full CRUD management
• SQLite database — zero configuration required

Tech Stack

• Python 3
• Django 5.x
• SQLite (built-in)

Project Structure

taskmanager/
├── manage.py
├── db.sqlite3
├── taskmanager/
│   ├── settings.py
│   ├── urls.py
│   └── wsgi.py
└── tasks/
    ├── models.py
    ├── views.py
    ├── urls.py
    ├── admin.py
    ├── forms.py
    ├── migrations/
    └── templates/
        └── tasks/
            ├── base.html
            └── task_list.html

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone <your-repo-url>
cd taskmanager

2. Create and activate a virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install django

4. Apply migrations

python manage.py migrate

5. Create an admin superuser

python manage.py createsuperuser

6. Run the development server

python manage.py runserver

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/ to use the app. Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ to access the admin panel.

URL Routes

URL	View	Description
/tasks/	task_list	List all tasks
/tasks/create/	task_create	Handle new task form submission
/tasks/complete/<pk>/	task_complete	Toggle task completion
/tasks/delete/<pk>/	task_delete	Delete a task
/admin/	Django admin	Full admin panel

Concepts Practiced

• Django ORM and model definition
• URL routing (project-level and app-level)
• Function-based views
• Django Template Language (DTL)
• Template inheritance with base.html
• CSRF protection in forms
• Django admin customization
• Virtual environments and project structure

What to Build Next

• Add due dates (DateField on the Task model)
• Filter tasks by status (pending / complete)
• User authentication so each user sees only their own tasks
• Replace manual form handling with Django ModelForm
• Deploy to Railway or Render