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backend/index.js

@@ -41,124 +41,141 @@ taskSchema.index({ dateCreated: 1 })
 
 const Task = mongoose.model("Task", taskSchema);
 
+// this api route gets all the tasks from our database.
+// if the request included a query string, use that for our sorting.
 app.get('/api/tasks', async (req, res) => {
-
   try {
-    const { sortBy } = req.query; // ?sortBy=dueDate or ?sortBy=dateCreated
+    const { sortBy } = req.query; // destructs the sortBy from the query string. e.g. ?sortBy=dueDate or ?sortBy=dateCreated
-    let sortOption = {};
+    let sortOption = {}; // create an empty sort object for the database query
 
     if (sortBy === 'dueDate') {
-        sortOption = { dueDate: 1 }; // Ascending
+      sortOption = { dueDate: 1 }; // if the sortBy query string is dueDate, set the sortOption to dueDate and set the order to ascending (1)
     } else if (sortBy === 'dateCreated') {
-        sortOption = { dateCreated: 1 };
+      sortOption = { dateCreated: 1 }; // if the sortBy query string is dateCreated, set the sortOption to dateCreated and set the order to ascending (1)
     }
 
-    const tasks = await Task.find({}).sort(sortOption);
+    const tasks = await Task.find({}).sort(sortOption); // fetch all task documents and sort them using sortOption
 
     if (!tasks) {
+      // return the following if the query failed to return a value
       return res.status(404).json({ message: "Tasks not found!" });
     }
 
-    res.json(tasks);
+    res.json(tasks); // send a json response with the task objects
   } catch (error) {
+    // if there are any errors, do the following
     console.error("Error:", error);
     res.status(500).json({ message: "Error grabbing tasks!" });
 
   }
 });
 
-
+// this api route takes post requests to save a new MongoDB document, aka, our task
 app.post('/api/tasks/todo', async (req, res) => {
   try {
-    const { title, description, dueDate } = req.body;
+    const { title, description, dueDate } = req.body; //destructures the request body
-    const taskData = { title, description, dueDate };
+    const taskData = { title, description, dueDate }; // creating the object to be used for creating the task
-    const createTask = new Task(taskData);
+    const createTask = new Task(taskData); // instantiates a new Task document/model instance using the taskData object values
-    const newTask = await createTask.save();
+    const newTask = await createTask.save(); // this saves the new document to MongoDB using the Task model/schema.
 
-    res.json({ task: newTask, message: "New task created successfully!" });
+    res.json({ task: newTask, message: "New task created successfully!" }); // if there were no error above, send a response where the body is an JSON object.
 
   } catch (error) {
+    // if there are any errors, do the following
     console.error("Error:", error);
     res.status(500).json({ message: "Error creating the task!" });
   }
 
 });
 
-// To 'complete' the task and move columns ↓
+// this api route marks a task as complete using its id.
 
 app.patch('/api/tasks/complete/:id', async (req, res) => {
   try {
-    const { completed } = req.body;
+    const { completed } = req.body; // expected boolean value coming from the frontend
-    const taskId = req.params.id;
+    const taskId = req.params.id; // grab the task id from the URL params
-    const completedTask = await Task.findByIdAndUpdate(taskId, { completed }, { new: true });
+    const completedTask = await Task.findByIdAndUpdate(taskId, { completed }, { new: true }); // update completed status and return updated document
 
     if (!completedTask) {
+      // return 404 if no task matches the provided id
       return res.status(404).json({ message: "Task not found!" });
 
     }
+    // return updated task document and confirmation message
     res.json({ task: completedTask, message: "Task set to 'Complete'" });
 
   } catch (error) {
+    // return 500 if database update fails
     console.error("Error:", error);
     res.status(500).json({ message: "Error completing the task!" });
 
   }
 });
 
-// To make the task 'not complete' and move columns ↓
+// this api route marks a task as not complete using its id.
 
 app.patch('/api/tasks/notComplete/:id', async (req, res) => {
 
   try {
-    const { completed } = req.body;
+    const { completed } = req.body; // expected boolean value coming from the frontend
-    const taskId = req.params.id;
+    const taskId = req.params.id; // grab the task id from the URL params
-    const taskNotComplete = await Task.findByIdAndUpdate(taskId, { completed }, { new: true });
+    const taskNotComplete = await Task.findByIdAndUpdate(taskId, { completed }, { new: true }); // update completed status and return updated document
 
     if (!taskNotComplete) {
+      // return 404 if no task matches the provided id
       return res.status(404).json({ message: "Task not found!" });
     }
+    // return updated task document and confirmation message
     res.json({ task: taskNotComplete, message: "Task set to 'Not Complete'" });
   } catch (error) {
+    // return 500 if database update fails
     console.error("Error:", error);
     res.status(500).json({ message: "Error making the task NOT complete!" });
   }
 });
 
+// this api route deletes a task by id.
 app.delete('/api/tasks/delete/:id', async (req, res) => {
   try {
-    const taskId = req.params.id;
+    const taskId = req.params.id; // grab the task id from the URL params
-    const deletedTask = await Task.findByIdAndDelete(taskId);
+    const deletedTask = await Task.findByIdAndDelete(taskId); // delete the matching task document
 
     if (!deletedTask) {
+      // return 404 if no task matches the provided id
       return res.status(404).json({ message: "Task not found!" });
     }
 
+    // return deleted task document and confirmation message
     res.json({ task: deletedTask, message: "Task deleted successfully!" });
 
   } catch (error) {
+    // return 500 if deletion fails
     console.error("Error:", error);
     res.status(500).json({ message: "Error deleting the task!" });
 
   }
 });
 
-// To edit exisiting task and update
+// this api route updates a task's editable fields by id.
 
 app.put('/api/tasks/update/:id', async (req, res) => {
 
   try {
-    const taskId = req.params.id;
+    const taskId = req.params.id; // grab the task id from the URL params
-    const { title, description, dueDate } = req.body;  // Extract data from front end request
+    const { title, description, dueDate } = req.body;  // extract updated fields from request body
-    const taskData = { title, description, dueDate };
+    const taskData = { title, description, dueDate }; // build the update object
-    const updatedTask = await Task.findByIdAndUpdate(taskId, taskData, { new: true });
+    const updatedTask = await Task.findByIdAndUpdate(taskId, taskData, { new: true }); // apply update and return updated document
 
     if (!updatedTask) {
+      // return 404 if no task matches the provided id
       return res.status(404).json({ message: "Task not found!" });
     }
 
+    // return updated task document and confirmation message
     res.json({ task: updatedTask, message: "Task updated successfully!" });
 
   } catch (error) {
+    // return 500 if update fails
     console.error('Error:', error);
     res.status(500).json({ message: "Error updating the task!" });
 

frontend/css/styles.css

@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ footer {
   color: var(--accent);
 }
 
+.navbar-nav .nav-link.active {
+    color: white;
+}
+
 .navbar-toggler {
   border: none !important;
   box-shadow: none !important;

frontend/dashboard.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-  <title>To Do App | Dashboard</title>
+  <title>BusketLisk &#x2022; Dashboard</title>
   <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.8/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
     integrity="sha384-sRIl4kxILFvY47J16cr9ZwB07vP4J8+LH7qKQnuqkuIAvNWLzeN8tE5YBujZqJLB" crossorigin="anonymous" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/styles.css" />
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
             <div class="d-flex gap-2 flex-wrap mb-3">
               <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-light quick-date-btn" data-quick="today">Today</button>
               <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-light quick-date-btn" data-quick="tomorrow">Tomorrow</button>
-              <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-light quick-date-btn" data-quick="nextWeek">Next week</button>
+              <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-light quick-date-btn" data-quick="nextWeek">Next
+                week</button>
             </div>
             <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary shadow-sm px-5">
               Create Task
@@ -156,6 +157,28 @@
       </div>
     </div>
   </footer>
+  <!-- Toast-style alert container, populated by showAlert() in api.js -->
+  <div id="alertContainer" class="position-fixed top-0 end-0 p-3" style="z-index: 1080;"></div>
+
+  <!-- Delete confirmation modal -->
+  <div class="modal fade" id="deleteModal" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="deleteTaskModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
+    <div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered">
+      <div class="modal-content">
+        <div class="modal-header">
+          <h1 class="modal-title fs-5" id="deleteTaskModalLabel">Delete Task</h1>
+          <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button>
+        </div>
+        <div class="modal-body">
+          <p class="mb-0">Are you sure you want to delete this task? This action cannot be undone.</p>
+        </div>
+        <div class="modal-footer">
+          <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-bs-dismiss="modal">Cancel</button>
+          <button id="confirmDeleteButton" type="button" class="btn btn-danger">Delete</button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
   <!-- Modal -->
   <div class="modal fade" id="editModal" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="editTaskModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
     <div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered">
@@ -167,7 +190,8 @@
         <div class="modal-body">
           <form id="editTaskForm">
             <input id="editTaskName" placeholder="Task Name" class="mb-2 form-control shadow-sm" type="text">
-                      <textarea id="editTaskDescription" placeholder="Task Description" rows="7" class="form-control mb-2 shadow-sm"></textarea>
+            <textarea id="editTaskDescription" placeholder="Task Description" rows="7"
+              class="form-control mb-2 shadow-sm"></textarea>
             <input id="editDueDate" placeholder="Task Name" class="mb-3 form-control shadow-sm" type="date">
           </form>
         </div>

frontend/features.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-  <title>To Do App | Features</title>
+  <title>BusketLisk &#x2022; Features</title>
   <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.8/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
     integrity="sha384-sRIl4kxILFvY47J16cr9ZwB07vP4J8+LH7qKQnuqkuIAvNWLzeN8tE5YBujZqJLB" crossorigin="anonymous" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/styles.css" />

frontend/index.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-  <title>To Do App | Home</title>
+  <title>BusketLisk &#x2022; Home</title>
   <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.8/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
     integrity="sha384-sRIl4kxILFvY47J16cr9ZwB07vP4J8+LH7qKQnuqkuIAvNWLzeN8tE5YBujZqJLB" crossorigin="anonymous" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/styles.css" />
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
     <section class="d-flex justify-content-center flex-column align-items-center bg-img text-center px-3">
       <h1 class="display-2 text-white">Stay organised with BucketLisk</h1>
       <p class="lead text-white-50 col-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 mt-3">
-        The simple, no-nonsense to-do app that keeps your team on track, from morning stand-up to end-of-quarter shipping.
+        The simple, no-nonsense to-do app that keeps your team on track, from morning stand-up to end-of-quarter
+        shipping.
       </p>
       <div class="d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center gap-3 mt-4 flex-wrap">
         <a href="./dashboard.html" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg px-5">Try it for free</a>
@@ -102,9 +103,11 @@
               When you're done, tick it off and move it to the completed column to keep the momentum going.
             </p>
             <ul class="list-unstyled">
-              <li class="mb-2"><img src="./images/Tick.svg" alt="" width="18" class="me-2">Sort by due date or created date</li>
+              <li class="mb-2"><img src="./images/Tick.svg" alt="" width="18" class="me-2">Sort by due date or created
+                date</li>
               <li class="mb-2"><img src="./images/Tick.svg" alt="" width="18" class="me-2">Edit any task inline</li>
-              <li class="mb-2"><img src="./images/Tick.svg" alt="" width="18" class="me-2">Works on desktop, tablet and mobile</li>
+              <li class="mb-2"><img src="./images/Tick.svg" alt="" width="18" class="me-2">Works on desktop, tablet and
+                mobile</li>
             </ul>
             <a href="./dashboard.html" class="btn btn-primary px-4 mt-3">Open the dashboard</a>
           </div>
@@ -160,7 +163,8 @@
       <div class="container py-5">
         <div class="rounded shadow bg-translucent p-4 p-lg-5 col-12 col-lg-8 mx-auto text-white text-center">
           <p class="fs-4 fst-italic mb-4">
-            "We switched our whole team over in a week. Everyone actually uses it, and that's the first time I've ever said that about a task tool."
+            "We switched our whole team over in a week. Everyone actually uses it, and that's the first time I've ever
+            said that about a task tool."
           </p>
           <p class="mb-0"><strong>Jamie L.</strong></p>
           <p class="text-white-50 mb-0">Operations Lead, Greenfield Studio</p>

frontend/js/api.js

@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@ function resetForm() {
   taskForm.reset();
 }
 
+function showAlert(message, variant = 'success') {
+  const container = document.getElementById('alertContainer');
+  if (!container) return;
+  const alert = document.createElement('div');
+  alert.className = `alert alert-${variant} alert-dismissible fade show shadow-sm`;
+  alert.role = 'alert';
+  alert.innerHTML = `
+    ${message}
+    <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="alert" aria-label="Close"></button>
+  `;
+  container.appendChild(alert);
+  setTimeout(() => bootstrap.Alert.getOrCreateInstance(alert).close(), 3000);
+}
+
 const sortButton = document.getElementById("sortSelect");
 window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
   sortButton.value = "default";
@@ -93,7 +107,11 @@ taskForm.addEventListener("submit", (event) => {
 
     else if (event.target.classList.contains("delete")) {
       const taskId = event.target.getAttribute("data-id");
-      deleteTask(taskId);
+      const confirmButton = document.getElementById('confirmDeleteButton');
+      confirmButton.addEventListener('click', async () => {
+        await deleteTask(taskId);
+        bootstrap.Modal.getInstance(document.getElementById('deleteModal')).hide();
+      }, { once: true });
     }
     else if (event.target.classList.contains('edit')) {
       const task = {
@@ -148,7 +166,7 @@ function formatTask(task) {
   li.innerHTML = `
     <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-start">
       <h4 class="${done} col-11">${task.title}</h4>
-      <button data-id="${task._id}" type="button" class="btn-close delete" aria-label="Close"></button>
+      <button data-id="${task._id}" type="button" class="btn-close delete" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#deleteModal" aria-label="Close"></button>
     </div>
     <p class="${done}">${task.description}</p>
     <p class="${done}"><strong>Due: </strong>${new Date(task.dueDate).toLocaleDateString()}</p>
@@ -328,6 +346,7 @@ async function deleteTask(taskId) {
     const data = await response.json();
     console.log({ message: "Deleted Task:", Task: data });
     displayTasks();
+    showAlert('Task deleted successfully.');
 
   } catch (error) {
     console.error("Error:", error);

frontend/login.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-  <title>To Do App | Login</title>
+  <title>BusketLisk &#x2022; Login</title>
   <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.8/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
     integrity="sha384-sRIl4kxILFvY47J16cr9ZwB07vP4J8+LH7qKQnuqkuIAvNWLzeN8tE5YBujZqJLB" crossorigin="anonymous" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/styles.css" />

frontend/pricing.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-  <title>To Do App | Pricing</title>
+  <title>BusketLisk &#x2022; Pricing</title>
   <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.8/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
     integrity="sha384-sRIl4kxILFvY47J16cr9ZwB07vP4J8+LH7qKQnuqkuIAvNWLzeN8tE5YBujZqJLB" crossorigin="anonymous" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/styles.css" />

frontend/signup.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-  <title>To Do App | Signup</title>
+  <title>BusketLisk &#x2022; Signup</title>
   <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.8/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
     integrity="sha384-sRIl4kxILFvY47J16cr9ZwB07vP4J8+LH7qKQnuqkuIAvNWLzeN8tE5YBujZqJLB" crossorigin="anonymous" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/styles.css" />

frontend/support.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-  <title>To Do App | Support</title>
+  <title>BusketLisk &#x2022; Support</title>
   <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.8/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
     integrity="sha384-sRIl4kxILFvY47J16cr9ZwB07vP4J8+LH7qKQnuqkuIAvNWLzeN8tE5YBujZqJLB" crossorigin="anonymous" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/styles.css" />
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@
             <form id="contactForm">
               <input name="name" type="text" class="form-control mb-3 shadow-sm" placeholder="Your name" required>
               <input name="email" type="email" class="form-control mb-3 shadow-sm" placeholder="Your email" required>
-              <textarea name="message" rows="5" class="form-control mb-3 shadow-sm" placeholder="How can we help?" required></textarea>
+              <textarea name="message" rows="5" class="form-control mb-3 shadow-sm" placeholder="How can we help?"
+                required></textarea>
               <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary px-4">Send message</button>
             </form>
             <hr class="border-light my-4">