A robust, production-ready RESTful API designed to handle task orchestration. This backend service provides secure user authentication and full CRUD capabilities for managing personal and team productivity.

Yehovayire Moise Backend Engineer | Kigali, Rwanda

"Complexity is the enemy of execution. This API is built for simplicity and scale."

• 🔒 Secure Authentication: Implemented using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and BcryptJS for industry-standard password hashing and stateless session management.
• 🏗️ Modern Middleware: Built on the latest Express 5.x for improved error handling and asynchronous routing.
• 📊 Object Modeling: Leveraging Mongoose 9.x for elegant MongoDB schema validation and data integrity.
• 🛡️ Environment Privacy: Managed via dotenv to ensure sensitive credentials (API keys, DB strings) stay out of source control.
• 🚀 Development Workflow: Integrated with nodemon for instant hot-reloading during the development cycle.

• Runtime: Node.js (CommonJS)
• Web Framework: Express.js
• Database: MongoDB & Mongoose
• Security: JWT, BcryptJS
• Environment: Dotenv

git clone [https://github.com/Moise-codes/task-manager-api.git](https://github.com/Moise-codes/task-manager-api.git)
cd task-manager-api
npm install
2. Environment Configuration
Create a .env file in the root directory and add your configuration:

Code snippet
PORT=3000
MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_super_secret_key
3. Running the API
The project is configured for a seamless development experience.

Development Mode:

Bash
npm run dev
Production Mode:

Bash
npm start
📁 Project Architecture
Plaintext
task-manager-api/
├── config/          # Database & Environment configurations
├── controllers/     # Request handlers & Business logic
├── middleware/      # Auth & Error handling layers
├── models/          # Mongoose Schemas (User, Task)
├── routes/          # API route definitions
├── index.js         # Entry point
└── .env             # Environment variables (Private)