Task Manager - Technical Interview Base

A simple task management application built with Rails 8.0.2, designed as a base project for technical interviews.

Features

• Create tasks with title and priority
• Update task status (pending → in_progress → completed)
• Delete tasks
• View all tasks with status and priority indicators
• Responsive UI with Tailwind CSS

Requirements

• Ruby 3.0+
• Rails 8.0.2
• SQLite3

Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone <repository-url>
cd technical-interview

2. Install dependencies

bundle install

3. Setup database

bin/rails db:create
bin/rails db:migrate

4. Start the server

bin/dev

5. Visit http://localhost:3000

Running Tests

bin/rails test

Project Structure

• app/models/task.rb - Task model with status and priority enums
• app/controllers/tasks_controller.rb - CRUD operations for tasks
• app/views/tasks/index.html.erb - Single page interface
• test/models/task_test.rb - Model tests

Potential Interview Exercises

This base project can be extended with various features:

• Add task descriptions
• Implement due dates
• Create task categories/tags
• Add search/filter functionality
• Implement task sorting
• Add user authentication
• Create an API endpoint
• Improve test coverage
• Add system/integration tests